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MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Alexander Rumyantsev, head of the Federal Nuclear Energy Agency, and the United States Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham will ink an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of wasted nuclear fuel from research reactors, RIA Novosti learnt from the Agency on Wednesday. "It will be a cooperation agreement as regards the taking fuel from Russian-made research reactors into Russia. It targets prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons and cutting the threat of international terrorism by reducing the number of zones of keeping nuclear materials fit for the production of nuclear weapons", said the...

MOSCOW, June 11 (AFP) - The United States once again called Wednesday on Russia to halt its nuclear cooperation with Iran until Tehran signs a new UN protocol allowing for closer inspections of its suspected weapons program, Interfax reported. The issue was raised during a telephone conversation between US Energy Secretary of State Spencer Abraham and his Russian counterpart Alexander Rumyantsev, the news report said. Interfax said Spencer urged Russia to halt construction of Bushehr, Iran's first nuclear power plant, until Tehran signs an additional protocol with the UN's nuclear energy watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Ministry (IAEA). In response,...

US-Iran relations will not affect Moscow's cooperation with Tehran with respect to the completion of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, located in southern Iran, Russia's Atomic Energy Minister Alexander Rumyantsev was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The Russian official told Itar-Tass after meeting with an Iranian Atomic Energy delegation on Monday that "the Russian side does not see grounds to revise its obligations with regard to the construction of the first power unit at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr." "We will continue to fulfill our obligations despite the fact that our positions on this issue differ from those...