| The commission was a condition stipulated by
Putin, when he authorised the
import of foreign spent nuclear fuel to Russia for storage and
reprocessing. The
State Duma ruled that each delivery should be approved by the
special commission.
As well as controls over the contracts the commission has to report
to the
President and the Duma about the current situation with spent
nuclear fuel. It is
expected that this commission will render Minatom's business transparent
and
check whether the money is really being spent on environmental
programmes and the
decontaimination of territory. Russian Liberal Yabloko party wanted
this
commission to be public and parliamentarian. However, the Duma
and the president
ruled that the commission would consist of 20 members: 5 –
from the president, 5
– from the government, and 10 – from both houses of
Russian parliament. Russian
environmental grpoups do not trust the new commission and believe
that each
nuclear deal should be approved by the State Duma.
See also:
YABLOKO Against Nuclear Waste Imports
www.bellona.no
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