Import of nuclear fuel to Russia
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In 2001, President Vladimir Putin signed a raft of legislation allowing for the import of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from other countries. The plan was one that former Minster of Atomic Energy lobbied hard for―to the point of bribing some Duma deputies. Adamov promised Russia would reap $20 billion over 10 years for the import and reprocessing of foreign SNF. But Russia’s single reprocessing plant―Mayak― cannot handle certain types of fuel being imported. Thus Russia is fast becoming a storage facility for radioactive waste.
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