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Kazakhstan’s nuclear fuel bank or nuclear graveyard? Nuclear fuel bank or nuclear graveyard? Asia Times, 5 Sept 12, By Zhulduz Baizakova Kazakhstan plans to build an international nuclear fuel bank in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen), in the country’s east, at the site of Ulba Metallurgic Plant, part of the giant national company Kazatomprom, which produces fuel tablets for nuclear power plants. While the authorities are keen on the plan, some citizens are seriously questioning it – questions that are likely to remain largely unanswered. The nuclear fuel bank will store low-enriched uranium for the fuel assemblies of nuclear power plants under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). LEU is a special fissionable material containing a concentration of uranium-235 of less than 20%. In March 2010, Russia introduced the first LEU reserve (to store 120 tonnes) for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the International Uranium Enrichment Center in Angarsk, southeastern Siberia. The terms and conditions were the same as being currently negotiated with Kazakhstan: The host country provides the storage facility and funds the maintenance, physical security and safeguards. Kazakhstan offered to store LEU in 2009-2010 and met the three main criteria: The country is politically neutral; it abides by the nuclear non-proliferation regime; and it is able to supply LEU to any country that meets the non-proliferation requirements. The LEU would remain legally under the control of the IAEA and be supplied at free-market prices. …… Some locals demand that before making the crucial decision on physically building the facilities for the bank, the population should be consulted and everything explained. Some are worried that there is very little economic benefit to be realized from hosting the bank. Others cannot help suspecting that under the guise of low-enriched uranium, the plant will host real nuclear waste and damage the fragile environment of East Kazakhstan province even further. Mielz Eleusizov, leader of the Tabigat Ecological Union, suspects that it will turn out to be a disguised storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. No comments yet. Leave a Reply Archives - September 2013 (405) Categories - 1 NUCLEAR ISSUES - business and costs - climate change - ENERGY - environment - health - history - indigenous issues - Legal - marketing of nuclear - media - opposition to nuclear - politics - politics international - Religion and ethics - safety - secrets,lies and civil liberties - spinbuster - technology - Uranium - wastes - weapons and war - 2 WORLD - ANTARCTICA - ASIA - EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - NORTH AMERICA - OCEANIA - SOUTH AMERICA - ACTION - AFRICA - AUSTRALIA - Christina's notes - Christina's themes - general - rare earths - Reference - resources – print - Resources -audiovicual RSSEntries RSS Comments RSS
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U Sibiru otvorena prva banka za nuklearno gorivo Zemlje koje se budu htjele opskrbljivati u banci morat će se obratiti IAEA-i koja će zaprimiti njihov zahtjev, uputiti ga Rusiji i preuzeti gorivo koje će zatim isporučiti klijentu Prva međunarodna banka nuklearnog goriva osnovana je u Sibiru, u okviru ugovora koji su zaključile Rusija i Međunarodna agencija za atomsku energiju (IAEA), priopćila je u srijedu Ruska agencija za atomsku energiju (Rosatom). Banka koja se nalazi na području Angarska, na jugoistoku Rusije, posjeduje 120 tona niskoobogaćena (između 2 i 4,95 posto) nuklearnog goriva, dodaje Rosatom u priopćenju. "Ta je količina dovoljna za dva punjenja reaktora na laki vodik snage 1.000 megavata", dodaje se iz istog izvora. U Angarsku od 2007. radi središte za obogaćivanje uranija izgrađeno u suradnji s Kazahstanom, koje već opskrbljuje Ukrajinu i Armeniju, navodi ruska agencija. IAEA i Rosatom parafirali su koncem ožujka u Beču ugovor o osnutku međunarodne banke za nuklearno gorivo na temelju kojeg zemlje potpisnice ugovora o neširenju nuklearnog oružja mogu nabaviti niskoobogaćeni uranij. Zemlje koje se budu htjele opskrbljivati u banci morat će se obratiti IAEA-i koja će zaprimiti njihov zahtjev, uputiti ga Rusiji i preuzeti gorivo koje će zatim isporučiti klijentu. Moskva se nada da će ovom inicijativom stabilizirati tržište nuklearnog goriva i osigurati nabavu. (hina/metro-portal)