Russia has enough uranium for nuclear power plants – minister

Russia’s natural resources minister said Thursday Russia will have sufficient uranium reserves for the construction of new nuclear power plants in the country.

Last week Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said the construction of nuclear power plants was one of the top priorities for the Russian nuclear energy system, adding that Russian specialists were currently constructing five nuclear power units in Russia and seven abroad.
Minister Yuri Trutnev said that “We will cope with the task of providing the required quantities of uranium,” adding “unfortunately Russia lost a significant part of its uranium reserves following the collapse of the Soviet Union.”

But the minister said Russia has every possibility of replenishing its uranium stock from existing deposits and from those, which are currently being developed.

RIA Novosti