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Untitled Document Fact Sheet: U.S.-Russian Cooperation On Advanced Nuclear Technologies The White House Office of the Press Secretary May 24, 2002
President Bush and President Putin have agreed to establish a joint experts group to develop recommendations for potential U.S.-Russian collaboration on advanced nuclear fuel cycle research and development.
The United States and Russia share the view that their economic well-being and national security would be strengthened by the development of advanced nuclear reactor and fuel cycle technologies that would reduce significantly the volume of waste produced from civil nuclear reactors, would be highly proliferation-resistant, and could be used in the longer term to reduce stocks of excess weapons-grade plutonium and other potentially dangerous nuclear materials. These benefits were highlighted in President Bush's National Energy Policy in May 2001.
Therefore, the Presidents have agreed that a joint experts group under Secretary of Energy Abraham and Minister of Atomic Energy Rumyantsev will be established immediately to develop recommendations for potential collaborative U.S. and Russian research and development on advanced nuclear fuel cycle technologies. The group will present its recommendations within 60 days. Implementation of the recommendations will be in keeping with U.S. nonproliferation goals.
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