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Russian nuclear chief moved aside for new role: officials
Moscow (AFP) Feb 4, 2008 Sergei Kirienko was relieved of his post as head of Russia's atomic energy agency on Monday but officials said it was a technical change and that he would front up a new wider nuclear body. "Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov relieved Sergei Kirienko from his functions as head of Rosatom (and) moved him to another post," a statement on the government's website said. According to Kirienko's spokesman, Sergei Novikov, his dismissal was only a technicality due to the reorganisation of Rosatom from a federal agency into a state corporation. Kirienko had been Moscow's main negotiator with Iran on nuclear issues. He took part in international negotiations to try and stall Iran's alleged nuclear programme and oversaw Russian construction of the Bushehr nuclear power station in southern Iran. He will now head a new larger structure, said Novikov. "Sergei Kirienko was appointed chief executive of the state corporation Rosatom by presidential decree in December and carried out his role alongside that of head of the federal agency," Novikov told AFP. "His deputy, Ivan Kamenskikh, will step in as interim head of the federal agency Rosatom until the liquidation of the latter," he said. According to Novikov, the new nuclear body will have a wider remit including the manufacture of nuclear arms and research into nuclear security. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
No major damage to safety at Japan nuclear plant: UN team
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 1, 2008A UN expert said Friday there was no significant damage affecting safety at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan after his team entered a reactor for the first time since a major earthquake. |
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