HONGKONG, April 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's nuclear power agency and a nuclear materials exporter plan to submit proposals on the establishment of an international uranium enrichment center in Russia to the government in June 2006, the exporter said Thursday.
Tekhsnabexport's chief executive, Vladimir Smirnov, said: "Together with the Federal Nuclear Power Agency we are thoroughly analyzing the proposal to create an international uranium enrichment center in Russia. We plan to establish a detailed position on the proposals by June."
Smirnov said there were a limited number of countries capable of housing such centers.
President Vladimir Putin said in January that global infrastructure should be established to give all interested countries access to nuclear energy with reliable guarantees that the nuclear non-proliferation regime would be observed.
Putin said Russia was ready to build an international center "to offer nuclear fuel cycle services, including [uranium] enrichment under the control of the IAEA."
