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Return to the Russian Federation of Irradiated Fuel Assemblies from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Pages 159-162

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From page 159...
... from the former Soviet republics and the return operation of spent fuel assemblies from the Iraq Nuclear Research Center in Baghdad, accomplished by air in 1993, in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution.) As a result large quantities of highly enriched SNF assemblies have been accumulated at the research reactors' onsite SNF storage facilities.
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From page 160...
... of the research reactor operators to finance SNF operations, large-scale fuel shipments hardly seem possible without the assistance of sponsors, such as the IAEA, the United States, EUROATOM, and private funders. The United States has expressed its readiness to provide financial assistance to countries returning their fuel to Russia, on the condition that the HEU gradually be converted to that with enrichment of less than 20 percent U-235.
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From page 161...
... LEGAL ASPECTS FOR THE RETURN OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLIES As has been mentioned, return of spent fuel from foreign research reactors to Russia was not possible in the 1990s, due not only to financial difficulties of reactor operators but also for legal reasons. The order for the import of spent nuclear fuel from foreign reactors into Russia, enacted by the Russian government in 1995, is not valid for research
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... After preparations for the project are completed and approval from the state ecological experts is received, Minatom will introduce corresponding proposals about the order and terms of import for given spent nuclear fuel assemblies to Russia. Practical implementation of the given project will facilitate · strict commitment of Russia, as a nuclear weapons state, to safeguard mechanisms for nonproliferation of nuclear weapons · support of political stability in Central Asia · implementation of ecological cleanup measures for rehabilitation of regions that have been radiologically contaminated as the result of the nuclear arms race in the 1950s and 1960s
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