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To: long-gone who wrote (62162)	12/21/2000 3:27:05 PM
From: Ahda	Respond to of 116946

It has to be my mood as i am laughing when i read this. 12:44 THURSDAY DECEMBER 21 2000 Duma backs nuclear waste trade The Duma today gave strong approval to legislation allowing Moscow to import nuclear waste from abroad. The legislation, which received a first reading today, could bolster the Russian economy with countries around the world using it as a dumping ground for the waste. The Russian Government wants to amend a 1991 environmental protection law that prohibits importing nuclear waste for reprocessing or disposal. They say this would permit Russia to sign contracts with China, Germany, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan, earning $21 billion (£14.3 billion) over the next ten years. Yevgeny Adamov, the Atomic Energy Minister, said: "This will give the country the opportunity to develop a real sector of the economy . . . as opposed to speculating in shares or absolutely worthless financial instruments, which is what happened during the last nine years." The minister, who last week criticized Kiev for closing the Chernobyl nuclear power station, insisting it was perfectly safe, denied that taking in other countries' nuclear waste posed an ecological risk.