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NY Times, May 26, 2001

Russia Sees Payoff in Storing Nuclear Waste From Around the World

By PATRICK E. TYLER

MOSCOW, May 25 - Despite some strong opposition from the public at home and
by the government in the United States, Russia is preparing to open its
borders to become the largest international repository for radioactive
nuclear wastes.

With strong backing from President Vladimir V. Putin, the Ministry of
Atomic Energy is expected to get a new legal mandate from Parliament next
month to offer permanent storage for the highly toxic spent nuclear fuel
that has been piling up in temporary storage basins at power plants around
the world.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/26/world/26RUSS.html