Russia to take nuclear waste "at dumping prices" to undercut comp etition

[Doug McGill]

Russia is a major reprocessor of spent nuclear fuel from countries like the
U.S. and France. They also store the stuff at nuclear facilities in Siberia
that used to make bombs. As I read this item, Rumyantsev is just saying that
Russia's global competitors in these businesses are meeting with each other to
try to cut Russia out of the storage and reprocessing business ...  

Doug

Doug McGill
Media for Global Citizens
The McGill Report
www.mcgillreport.org

--- Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, ChrisD(RJ) wrote:
> 
> > Russia to take nuclear waste "at dumping prices" to undercut competition
> > ITAR-TASS
> 
> > Moscow, 13 November: Russian Atomic Energy Minister Aleksandr Rumyantsev
> > has warned that in case of foul competition in the world market for
> > spent nuclear fuel, Russia will be taking it at "dumping prices".
> >
> > Interviewed by the Itogi magazine, Rumyantsev said foreign competitors
> > were conducting backstage talks with Russia's customary partners.
> >
> > "Don't give spent nuclear fuel to the Russians, we shall take it from
> > you at much lower prices. This is what these talks are all about,"
> > Rumyantsev said.
> 
> Is there any truth to this?  I find it hard to believe that either France
> or the US is fighting to get other countries' spent fuel.  We have a lot
> of political problems trying to bury our own.  I think this is one field
> Russia has to herself.  No?
> 
> Unless there's a new security concern angle vis a vis dirty bombs. That I
> could understand.  But that wouldn't be about price competition and
> dumping prices wouldn't help.
> 
> Michael
> 

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