Nuclear issues in the ex-Soviet republics
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With the fall of the Soviet Union came a number of issues consolidating nuclear weaponry in Russia. With this accomplished, other safety issues still remain in the form of Soviet-built nuclear power reactors and nuclear waste. Armenia, Kazakhstan, Lituania and Ukraine are all still operating Soviet reactors, and have varying degrees of safety and storage standards.
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On November 12, the president of Byelorussia Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on nuclear plant construction.
NEW YORK - Euroatom is ready to provide Armenia with a EUR 200m preferential loan to close down the Armenian nuclear power plant, said Gunnar Wiegand, of the European Commission’s on department for Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia told reporters in Yerevan Thursday, Eurasia.org reported.
The Armenian Environmental Minister, Vartan Aivazyan stated his intentions for creating the joint enterprise during negotiations with Rosatom’s Sergei Kirienko, who has likewise asserted that Russia is prepared to sign onto a cooperative agreement.
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