| NUCLEAR POLICIES: USA postures for non-proliferation |
| America has put nuclear security, the reduction of the nuclear weapons threat and strengthening the non-proliferation regime at the heart of foreign policy. |
| CORPORATE: Consolidation of Russian nuclear industry continues |
| The transfer of shares in the Engineering Centre "Russian Gas Centrifuge" from Techsnabexport to Rosatom subsidiary AtomEnergoProm is the latest development in the process to consolidate Russia's state-owned conversion, enrichment and fuel fabrication companies into a new fuel company based on TVEL. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: Boost in Russian uranium reserves |
| Russia's reserves of uranium increased by some 70,000 tonnes in 2009, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. Total reserves in the state registers stands at 535,000 tonnes, while estimated resources total about 800,000 tonnes, according to the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources. |
