News

International centre for uranium enrichment in Russia to be established soon

Publish date: November 29, 2006

Head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) Sergei Kiriyenko has said that the Angarsk plant will be excluded from the list of closed enterprises, ITAR-TASS reported.

“The government has made a decision to exclude the Angarsk plant form the list of closed enterprises, for the creation of an international centre for uranium enrichment,” Kiriyenko told journalists. He said it would operate under IAEA supervision. Kiriyenko reminded that it was Vladimir Putin’s idea to establish such centres to give third countries access to the peaceful nuclear energy without violation of non-proliferation regulations.

More News

All news

Facts, Figures, and Reach: An Overview of our Vilnius Office’s Activities in 2024

Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.