Nuclear fuel from Uzbekistan to transported to Russia
17/10/2014 15:09
Nuclear fuel from Uzbekistan to transported to Russia
17/10/2014 15:09
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Government of Russia submitted a Russia-Uzbek agreement on cooperation on transfer of irradiated fuel from Uzbek research reactor INN-3M to Russia.
The letter to the draft law says that the part of nuclear fuel was transferred to Russia in the form of highly irradiated fuel assemblies.
Currently, there is irradiated fuel at nuclear fuel reactor IIN-3M of Foton enterprise, located in Tashkent suburb. The Russia will transfer about 30 liters of fuel, which consists of about 5 kg of uranium of 90% enrichment.
The reactor, equipment and fuel for reactor were constructed during the USSR period. The reactor was commissioned in 1975. In 2002, Uzbekistan developed a plan to remove reactor. But, the country cannot meet requirements of the IAEA on storage of liquid fuel and the Uzbek side asked Russia to take the fuel.
It is expected that fuel from Uzbekistan will be processed at Mayak and processed fuel will remain in the Russia, the letter to the draft law said.
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