Russia, Burma Sign Nuclear Agreement

Description: 

According to a May 15 Russian Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) press release, the two governments signed an intergovernmental cooperation agreement in Moscow to establish a ?nuclear studies? center in Burma, which will include a 10-megawatt, light water-moderated nuclear reactor. The fuel for the reactor will contain uranium comprised of 20 percent uranium-235. Rosatom Press Secretary Sergey Novikov said May 15 that Russia is planning initially to supply 10 metric tons of fuel for the reactor, Gazeta.ru reported. Nuclear weapons use uranium containing more than 90 percent uranium-235.

Creator/author: 

Paul Kerr

Source/publisher: 

News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar

Date of Publication: 

2010-10-01

Date of entry: 

2010-10-01

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Language: 

English

Format: 

Size: 

Alternate URLs: