ukraine

this is taken form Interfax -not sure how else to credit - so I hope it stays archbald. it seems to calrify some timelines . A


Russia & CIS
Interfax service
17:17 GMT, Apr 17, 2008 Latest Headlines...


Ukraine to create nuclear fuel corporation
KYIV. April 17 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian government has passed a
resolution on the creation of a state nuclear fuel corporation, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters on Wednesday.
The Ukratomprom concern will be dissolved, he said.
The new corporation will comprise the Vostochnyy Uranium Mining Works, a new enterprise being set up on the basis of theNovokonstantinovskoye uranium ore deposit, the Smoly state-owned
enterprise, the Dniepr Pipe-Making Plant and the Research and Design Institute for Industrial Technology.
The Zirconium state-owned enterprise may also merge into the corporation after being reorganized, Prodan said.
He added that the reorganization may be completed by the end of June 2008.
The aim of the nuclear fuel corporation will be to organize the production of fuel for nuclear power plants and develop components of
the nuclear fuel cycle.