Uzbekistan and Russia sign agreement on irradiated fuel

The document was signed by director-general of Rosatom Sergei Kirienko and head of State Inspection on supervision for geological study of entrails under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Gulyamov.

The agreement envisages to return irradiated fuel from Uzbek research reactor INN-3M to Russia. In the result, there will be no enriched nuclear fuel in Uzbekistan. The agreement will contribute to strengthening nuclear non-proliferation regime.

The fuel will be transported from Uzbekistan to Russia by the end of 2013. Research reactor INN-3M has been transferred to use low enriched fuel, which is supplied by the Russian company TVEL. In future, the reactor will be removed and Russia will provide opportunity to Uzbekistan to use its research reactors for production purpose.