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

The role of CCS in Germany’s climate toolbox: Bellona Deutschland’s statement in the Association Hearing

After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.