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Russia Suspends Nuclear and Energy R&D, HEU Conversion Agreements with U.S.

Friday, October 14th, 2016

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The Russian government on Oct. 5 suspended agreements for cooperation with the United States on nuclear- and energy-related scientific research and development and the conversion of Russian research reactors from highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium fuel. The move follows the Kremlin's withdrawal from a bilateral plutonium disposition agreement earlier in the week of Oct. 3.The R&D agreement, signed in September 2013 on the margins of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna, Austria, includes cooperation for nuclear…

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