RF-Iran nuke cooperation develops under IAEA rules - official
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Geneva, Oct 19, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Cooperation between Russia and Iran in nuclear power engineering is developing in compliance with the IAEA rules, said Alexander Rumyantsev, head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency. He arrived in Geneva on Monday to take part in the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN). Russia has a status of observer in CERN. `Moscow has never violated international obligations` due to construction of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Rumyantsev stressed. Russia `is a responsible partner. It knows all underwater reefs that nuclear energy has. It watches the solution of problems related to the non-proliferation of nuclear materials and technologies. That is why when we build the plant we formulate requirements so that spent fuel is returned to Russia. This is an excessive demand because the NPT has no such demand`, Rumyantsev explained. "But we have been listening to the view of the world community and convince the Iranians to do so. We took a step towards our partners. We understand and share their concern. We believe that any country may receive benefits that nuclear energy gives. But we shouldn`t admit this energy to serve a source of tremendous disasters such in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945," Rumyantsev stressed. During the stay in Geneva, Rumyantsev will meet CERN Director General Robert Aymar to discuss bilateral cooperation. He will confer with Rosatom officials working in CERN. About 1,000 Russian specialists work in different CERN departments. /2322/1432
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