MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Power said Thursday that it would re-enrich 450 tons of France's depleted uranium.
The agency denied Greenpeace reports that the Russian vessel Kapitan Kuroptev would illegally transport spent nuclear fuel or radioactive wastes to Russia.
The agency said only Russian technologies could ensure proper re-enrichment of depleted uranium.
On Thursday, French police detained some 20 Greenpeace activists from France, Austria and Russia attempting to prevent the loading of the French cargo onto the Kapitan Kuroptev, a French radio station reported.
French company Areva, which owns the cargo, confirmed that depleted uranium would be returned to France after re-enrichment.
