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RIA "OREANDA", November 3, 2003

Ministry of Nuclear Power Ready to Finance Environmental Programmes in Chelyabinsk Region

Moscow. The Ministry of Nuclear Power of Russia considers the idea of allocating money to evacuate people from nuclear-contaminated territories in Chelyabinsk region a good one. The letter of First Deputy Minister of Nuclear Power Mikhail Solonin sent to State Duma Deputy Sergei Mitrokhin indicates that the Ministry is willing to "discuss the draft specific environmental programme aimed at rehabilitating the territories that were contaminated due to the operations of Mayak Production Association Federal State Unitary Enterprise". The deputy minister's letter is the Ministry's official response to Mitrokhin's appeal to the Ministry to allot money to move people away from nuclear-contaminated areas in Chelyabinsk region.

"We suggest that the money earned through the recycling and storage of nuclear waste imported from Bulgaria and Hungary should be spent on rehabilitation programs," - the deputy reminded. "The proposal is in line with the concept developed by the Yabloko Party, which envisages that the proceeds from the Ministry's commercial activity should be primarily used to finance rehabilitation programmes."

Now, the authorities of the Chelyabinsk region have to produce a draft programme to rehabilitate contaminated areas and resettle their inhabitants, the press service of the Yabloko Party reports.

 

See also:

YABLOKO for Nuclear Safety

YABLOKO for Environmental Safety

RIA "OREANDA", November 3, 2003

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