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Russia, U.S. Discuss Nuclear Security Cooperation
Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency head Sergei Kiriyenko met yesterday in Washington with U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and other key officials to discuss implementation of nuclear security measures, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN, May 22). “We have something to be proud of and … to report to the presidents,” Kiriyenko told journalists after a meeting of a working group established after the U.S.-Russia summit in Bratislava early last year (see GSN, Feb. 24, 2005). The two countries agreed then to boost security at Russian nuclear sites and to secure atomic material in other countries. Kiriyenko said meeting participants noted that “much (has) been done for physical protection and the system of control and accounting in the two countries,” as well as for the nuclear fuel from Russian-supplied research reactors around the world. The two sides also discussed energy security, he said. “We share the view that it is impossible to ensure the energy security in the world for the next 30-40 years without the large-scale development of atomic energy. This needs cooperation from us, as the atomic energy market cannot be formed in one country, it is a global market,” Kiriyenko said. Kiriyenko met with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Nils Diaz (Alexander Plakhov, ITAR-Tass, May 23).
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