Japan To Help Russia Dismantle Retired Nuclear Submarines: Report

NUKEWARS

The true cost of the today's "nuke wars" will be felt for generations, as the nuclear filth left behind by America, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran is slowly cleaned up or simply just forgotten.

Tokyo (AFP) Oct 08, 2005
Japan plans to provide financial support worth tens of millions of dollars for a project to dismantle decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines, a newspaper reported Saturday.

The support will be announced in late November when Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to hold a summit in Japan, the Yomiuri Shimbun said, quoting unnamed government sources.

Under the plan, Japan will help Russia dismantle five of its 40 decommissioned nuclear submarines abandoned in the Russian Far East, the mass-circulation daily said.

The dismantling of the submarines may begin as early as this year, at an estimated cost of several billion yen (tens of millions of dollars), the newspaper said.

The Japanese government will finance the project through a contribution to a fund for an international committee charged with dismantling Russian nuclear weapons.

The Japanese and Russian governments need to discuss Tokyo's role in the project as it will include dismantling nuclear reactors classified as confidential Russian military equipment, Yomiuri said.

Decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines are aging, and experts fear that they may suffer radiation leaks. In 1993, spent nuclear fuel from a nuclear submarine leaked into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea.

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CIVIL NUCLEAR

Scorpene Deal Will Ensure Nuke Supply

New Delhi (UPI) Sep 13, 2005
India's decision to buy Scorpene submarines from France at for $3 billion is a step that could ultimately lead to the supply of a French reactor and fuel to New Delhi's civilian nuclear energy requirements, Indian strategic and nuclear analysts said Tuesday.

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