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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Russia Announces Big Push to Build Nuclear Reactors at Home and Abroad By Vladimir Isachenkov Associated Press Writer Published: Dec 17, 2001 MOSCOW (AP) - Russia will build at least four nuclear reactors at home and others in China, Iran, India and ex-Soviet republics as part of an ambitious plan to revive the atomic industry after the Chernobyl disaster, the nation's top nuclear power official said Monday. "Russia's nuclear power industry is now coming through what can be called the post-Chernobyl renaissance," Nuclear Power Minister Alexander Rumyantsev said at a news conference. A reactor at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, at that time a part of the Soviet Union, exploded in 1986, contaminating a huge area and sending a radioactive cloud over much of Europe. The world's worst nuclear accident is believed to have killed some 8,000 people in the explosion and aftermath. The catastrophe long stalled plans to build new nuclear reactors. But nuclear fears have gradually faded, and blackouts and electricity shortages in the post-Soviet turmoil have raised interest in building new power plants. In March, Russia launched its first nuclear reactor since the Chernobyl catastrophe, at the southern Rostov plant. Rostov's 1,000-megawatt reactor is of the VVER-1000 type using pressurized water to cool its fuel rods instead of the less-stable graphite used in RBMK reactors such as the one that exploded at Chernobyl. International industry trade groups and environmental watchdogs acknowledge the VVER-1000 model is the safest of Russia's reactors, but they say it is less reliable than modern Western counterparts. Next year, Russia will launch another nuclear reactor near the western city of Kursk, this one of the modernized RBMK type, Rumyantsev said. In 2003, Russia will put into service another VVER-type reactor at the Kalinin plant, and will launch a second reactor of that type in Rostov in 2005. In 2009 a new fast-neutron reactor will be launched at the northern Beloyarsk plant, Rumyantsev said. The nuclear ministry is considering plans to complete another two nuclear reactors in Ukraine, unfinished since Soviet times, and another one in the ex-Soviet republic of Kazakstan, Rumyantsev said. The ministry has also signed contracts to build nuclear power plants in China, India and Iran. The United States has long pushed Moscow to abandon its $800 million deal with Tehran, voicing concern that Iran could use the technology to develop nuclear weapons. Moscow has dismissed the U.S. warnings, saying that the reactor at Bushehr can be used only for civilian purposes and will be under international control. Rumyantsev said the Bushehr reactor would be finished by 2005 and reaffirmed that the project posed no risks for nuclear weapons proliferation. "It fully corresponds to all requirements of the international law and Russia's international obligations," he said. On other issues, Rumyantsev said: - Russia remains unable to reach an agreement with the European Union nations willing to provide aid for dismantling Russia's decommissioned nuclear submarines. Russia can't accept the EU's demand that Russia accept full legal responsibility for all nuclear risks, offer more breaks and give Western officials unlimited access to all dismantling sites; - Despite much-publicized plans to accept spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing and storage, Russia has so far failed to wedge itself into the market dominated by Britain and France. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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