[cdn-nucl-l] Russia approved draft agreement with Indonesia on peaceful uses of atomic energy

["Radik Ixanov" <ixanov@sympatico.ca>]

Nuclear.Ru (http://www.nuclear.ru/eng/news) informed on August 20, 2003



The Government of the Russian Federation issued Decree ¹ 592 of August 16,
2003 to approve the draft intergovernmental cooperative agreement between
Russia and Indonesia on the peaceful uses of atomic energy. According to the
governmental information department, Minatom of Russia and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, were charged with conducting negotiations with Indonesia
and sign the agreement provided the consent was reached.

The draft agreement envisages the cooperation in the following areas:
development, design, construction and operation of research reactors and
nuclear power plants including small power plants that comprise the floating
nuclear power units, and R&D; high-temperature gas-cooled reactors for
industrial purposes; the use of atomic energy for desalination of sea and
artesian water; hydrogen production; production and application of
radioisotopes, facilities and accelerators for irradiation in medicine and
industry; administrative and scientific personnel training and retraining;
the state regulation of nuclear and radiation safety. The agreement is to be
concluded for 10 years with automatic extension for the next five-year
periods.