Russia
will set aside 40 metric tons of low-enriched uranium by the end of this year
to provide guaranteed services of the nuclear fuel cycle,
Russia
's
civilian nuclear power chief said on Monday.
Russia
and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed on Monday an agreement
on creating a guaranteed stock of 120 metric tons of low-enriched uranium in
Angarsk
in
Siberia
.
Sergei Kiriyenko, head of
Russia
's
state-run civilian nuclear power corporation Rosatom, said that other countries
were displaying interest in the pool of low-enriched uranium.
Russia
proposed plans in early 2007 for a nuclear center in
Angarsk
,
5,100 km (3,170 miles) east of
Moscow
, to enable countries, including
Iran
,
to develop civilian nuclear power without having to enrich their own uranium.
Kiriyenko said 120 metric tons of low-enriched uranium would suffice for
two complete loads of a nuclear power reactor with a capacity of 1,000 MW.
(
from
Ria-Novosti)