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Russia, Norway to talk nuclear security

Russia, Norway to talk nuclear security
Russia, Norway to talk nuclear security - Sputnik International
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Russian and Norwegian nuclear industry officials will on Thursday discuss security cooperation, including the dismantling of nuclear submarines.

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian and Norwegian nuclear industry officials will on Thursday discuss security cooperation, including the dismantling of nuclear submarines, the Rosatom state nuclear corporation said.

The 12th meeting of a bilateral nuclear commission will be held in Svanhovd, Norway. The commission is co-chaired by deputy Rosatom CEO Yevgeny Yevstratov and Norwegian government representative Elisabeth Walaas.

Until 2003, cooperation was carried out as part of an intergovernmental agreement signed in 1998 on environmental interaction in connection with the dismantling of Russian nuclear subs decommissioned from Russia's Navy, in line with which Norway allocated $12-15 million every year.

In 2003, a framework agreement on a nuclear environmental program in Russia was signed, which laid the legal foundation for foreign partners to implement projects to increase nuclear security in Russia's northwest. The Norwegian government said then it would allocate $100 million for the purpose.

As part of bilateral nuclear cooperation, four nuclear subs have been dismantled by now, several security and infrastructure facilities for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste have been rebuilt or built and a number of other plans are mulled.

 

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