i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - United States and Latvian Governments Sign Agreement to Allow Nonproliferation and Threat Reduc

i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - United States and Latvian Governments Sign Agreement to Allow Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Cooperation

i-Newswire, 2005-04-27 - Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and Latvian Minister of Environment Raimonds Vejonis signed the agreement, which will provide for repatriation to Russia of Soviet/Russian-origin nuclear fuel from Latvia’s shutdown research reactors at Salaspils; security enhancement of the reactor site and storage of the nuclear materials at the site; and safe and secure storage of Latvia’s nuclear materials, including improved methods of protection, control, and accountability of nuclear materials to reduce the risk of theft or possible diversion of nuclear materials stored at the premises.