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Lukashenka approves draft agreement with Russia on nuclear fuel transfer and exchange

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, by his October 8 presidential edict, has approved a draft interstate agreement on the transfer of nuclear fuel to Russia and its exchange.

Under the agreement, Belarus would ship irradiated and fresh highly enriched nuclear fuel to Russia, while Russia would supply Belarus with fresh low enriched fuel, BelaPAN said.

On October 8, Mr. Lukashenka also signed an edict that would govern technical assistance to be provided by the US government in the transportation of nuclear fuel and its exchange.

The US government will help Belarus ship its spent nuclear fuel from the Sosny nuclear research center near Minsk to the Russia and exchange fresh nuclear fuel generated by the center’s mobile nuclear station called Pamir-630D for fresh fuel for its mini nuclear reactor.