“Rosatom” reached an agreement with Ukraine on export of spent nuclear fuel – RBC

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Problems non-payment for Ukrainian nuclear specialists services for the storage and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, which arose in the spring, resolved and “Rosatom” is ready to resume its exports, said the source, “RIA Novosti news»

Ukraine transferred “Rosatom” means in respect of payment services storage and processing of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), which allows “Rosatom” to resume its export from Ukraine to Russia, reports “RIA Novosti” with reference to familiar with the matter the source.

«Now everything is renewed. Ukrainian side started to pay about a half month ago. The only thing that the timing has shifted “, – said the source,” RIA Novosti “, explaining that the two sides will try to fulfill the annual plan for the export to the territory of spent nuclear fuel between Russia and Ukraine

The first flight on the return of spent nuclear fuel in Ukraine will take place before. the end of summer 2016, told Tass source in “Rosatom».

at the end of May 2016 it was reported that due to lack of payment on the part of Ukraine “Rosatom” has refused to export spent nuclear fuel. As stated when the media sources, the cause of the problems was the arrest of the Ukrainian concern “Energoatom” accounts. At the same time, representatives of “Rosatom” declared that a complete rupture of the contract with the speech by Ukraine is not.

In July 2016 the head of “Energoatom” Yuri Nedashkovsky assured that his company has already begun to “send financial payments Russian mills “and is preparing to be sent to Russia the first in this year’s SNF game.

SNF removal from the Ukraine is regulated by an intergovernmental agreement on scientific-technical and economic cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, which provides for the export to Russia for temporary storage and reprocessing and then return to Ukraine radioactive waste.

Today, the commercial director of the International uranium enrichment center (JSC “IUEC”) Gleb Efremov announced the conclusion of a new contract for the supply of uranium ore from the Ukrainian state concern ” . Nuclear fuel »

« we now turn to the contract phase and hearing from our Ukrainian partners, shipping notices to us raw concentrate, “- said Efremov (quoted by TASS), pointing out that the date of shipment of enriched uranium IUEC will depend on the timing of the actual delivery of Ukrainian raw materials.