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U.S. to Fund Return of Latvian HEU Fuel to Russia
A research reactor in Latvia is set to be decommissioned and its spent highly enriched uranium fuel returned to Russia as part of the U.S. Global Threat Reduction Initiative, officials said last week (see GSN, June 1).
The Salaspils research reactor, located southeast of the Latvian capital of Riga, will be decommissioned by 2010, according to Andris Salmins, director of the Latvian Radiation Safety Center. The United States will fund the return of the reactor’s spent HEU fuel to Russia, which originally established the reactor during the Soviet era, Salmins said. The total cost for the project could be as much as $20 million (Timothy Jacobs, Associated Press).
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NTI Analysis
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Keynote Address: 2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization
Jan. 31, 2012
Jan Petersen, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in Vienna and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, gives the keynote address at the opening of the 2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization in Vienna.
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International Cooperative Efforts – Governments, Industry and International Organisations
Jan. 25, 2012
This was the fifth of six panel discussions that took place at the 2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization in Vienna, which was co-hosted by Austria, Norway and NTI, in cooperation with the IAEA.
Country Profile
Latvia
This article provides an overview of Latvia’s historical and current policies relating to nuclear, chemical, biological and missile proliferation.
