Central Asia General Newswire
November 29, 2007 Thursday 5:03 PM MSK
Armenia to join international uranium enrichment center in Angarsk
YEREVAN Nov 29
Armenia has decided to join the Russian-Kazakh agreement on the
establishment of an international uranium enrichment center in
Angarsk in the Irkutsk region, the Armenian government said.
A document on an additional survey of Armenian uranium deposits will
be drafted soon.
According to the preliminary reports, Armenia has no less than 30,000
tonnes of uranium. An additional survey may increase the size of
these reserves by 1.5-2 times.
Russia and Kazakhstan signed the agreement in Astana in early May.
Federal Atomic Energy Agency Director Sergei Kiriyenko said that the
center would begin operations as soon as a third participant joined
the project.
Ukraine is also considering the possibility of joining the project,
Kiriyenko said.