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The Union of Right Forces has taken sides with the Yabloko over
the holding of a nationwide referendum on the import of foreign
spent nuclear fuel. Boris Nemtsov told reporters in Krasnoyarsk
that the collection of signatures on the petition might begin
in the fall. Nemtsov believes that the draft laws on spent nuclear
fuel are not going to yield the desired economic effect and the
USD 20 billion "the lobbyists have been screaming about".
Interfax news agency quotes Nemtsov as saying that "countries
that can afford to pay will not. The German government recently
met and resolved not to send its spent nuclear fuel to Russia
to avoid harming the health of Russian citizens." Nemtsov
believes that spent nuclear fuel will be exported to Russia mostly
by Third World countries "that do not plan to pay."
See also:
Nuclear
Waste Bill section of the web-site
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