Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria Agree on Nuclear Fuel Supplies Bypassing Moldova
Posted on: Thursday, 16 March 2006, 18:00 CST
Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS
Kiev, 16 March: Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine have completed drawing up a new agreement on transit of nuclear fuel for Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant through Ukraine.
The head of Ukraine's State Committee for Nuclear Regulation, Olena Mykolaychuk, said the document legally defines the route for transporting fuel rods bypassing Moldova.
Under the previous 10-year agreement on cooperation in transporting nuclear substances, Russia and Ukraine [as received], fresh nuclear fuel was delivered from Russia to Kozloduy through Ukraine and Moldova, Mykolaychuk said. The same route was used to transport spent nuclear fuel to Russia for reprocessing. However, it had to be changed in 2001 due to increasing tension in [Moldova's breakaway] Dniester region. However, the route was not defined in legal terms until now. The new accord is also valid for 10 years.
Source: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union
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