Russia Should Upgrade Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal Techniques - Official
Posted on: Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:00 CST
MOSCOW. Feb 2 (Interfax) - Russia should upgrade its techniques of handling spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste in order to remain competitive in the field, deputy head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency Sergei Antipov told a press conference in Moscow.
Russia has the necessary facilities for such work, he said.
A significant amount of radioactive waste has accumulated in Russia, nearly every technology produces waste, Antipov said.
Any decision concerning radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel should be thoroughly tested for environmental safety, he said.
A federal program of atomic energy development is currently being drafted. The program provides for a closed fuel cycle and the use of fast-neutron reactors, he said.
Source: Daily News Bulletin; Moscow - English
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