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RF, Iran put off deal on spent nuclear fuel for technical reasons

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Moscow, Feb 28, Itar-Tass/ACSNA/IRNA -- Moscow and Tehran have so far 
not signed an agreement on the return of spent nuclear fuel from Iran 
to Russia `only for technical reasons`, Atomic Energy Minister 
Alexander Rumyantsev said. 
He said, "There are no problems of a political nature here." 
In his words, "Iran has already initialled the relevant document."
At the same time, Rumyantsev admitted that `there is 
misunderstanding` with regard to the return of spent nuclear fuel from
the Bushehr nuclear power plant, which is being built with the help of
Russian specialists, to Russia. 
"For the Iranian side, which does not have its own nuclear power 
generating capacities yet, it was news that countries that supply 
their spent nuclear fuel for storage and processing to other countries
have to pay for that," the minister said. 
According to Rumyantsev, Iran, is analyzing the appropriate 
documents and `adjusting financial resources`. 
It was planned earlier that an additional protocol on the return 
of spent nuclear fuel from Iran to Russia would be signed during 
Rumyantsev`s trip to Tehran in February. 
However the trip has been postponed till the end of March because 
the documents are not ready. 
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