KIEV, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - A decision on burying foreign nuclear waste in Ukraine will be made with account for public opinion and expert viewpoints, President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.
"This is a long-term prospect that should be approved by society, first of all," Yushchenko said during his tour of the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was completely destroyed after an explosion in April 1986 that released radioactive emissions, badly contaminating large areas of the western Soviet Union.
Yushchenko said the proposal to bury nuclear waste in Ukraine needed a detailed discussion at all levels.
