gmd Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Russia to help Armenia mine for uranium From: "Katia M. Peltekian" Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:30:31 -0800 (PST) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agence France Presse -- English January 29, 2007 Monday 3:33 PM GMT Russia to help Armenia mine for uranium YEREVAN, Jan 29 2007 Russia is to help Armenia look for uranium to supply a Russian-run nuclear power station near the capital Yerevan, Armenian officials said on Monday. "Uranium deposits were looked for in the Soviet era. There are documents confirming their existence in Rosatom," Russia's atomic agency authority, presidential spokesman Viktor Sogomonian told reporters. "The uranium will not be enriched and will be produced exclusively for the needs of the Armenian atomic industry," he added. Armenia's only nuclear power station, Metsamor, is operated by an affiliate of state-owned Russian power group SEU and supplies around 40 percent of Armenia's electricity needs. Russia to help Armenia mine for uranium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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