RUSSIA READY TO COOPERATE WITH UKRAINE IN NUCLEAR FUEL PRODUCTION
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is ready to cooperate with Ukraine in the production of fuel for nuclear power stations, Rosatom (Federal Atomic Energy Agency) public relations chief Nikolai Shingarev told RIA Novosti. He was commenting on the statement of Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov.
At a briefing in Kiev on Thursday, Mr.Plachkov said that Ukraine was studying the possibility of increasing the production of fuel for its nuclear power plants with the participation of Russia and Kazakhstan. His ministry is working to have in store a 90-day strategic reserve of energy resources, including much of nuclear fuel. It targets avoidance of negative effects in case of sharp rises in prices on energy resources, he said.
"For storing up an energy reserve in Ukraine Russia should provide it with more nuclear fuel", Mr.Shingarev told RIA Novosti.
"It is above all Russian fuel because almost 100 percent of the nuclear fuel arriving to Ukraine is Russian. Russia is ready to cooperate in this sphere with Ukraine", Mr.Shingarev said.
At the Kiev briefing Mr.Plachkov also noted that in the future reliable energy supply for all categories of the population will be ensured by the diversification of energy resources, as well as a sizeable increase in the production of own energy.
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