A Strategy for Safe Management of Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Wastes to Be Developed

A strategy for safe management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive wastes will be developed. For this purpose, due to the order of Ashot Manukyan, the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, a working group was created which includes representatives from different departments such as Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development, Ministry of Economic Development and Investments, Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as National Security Service and Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, RA State Nuclear Safety  Regulatory Committee by the Government and other bodies.

The works have already started. The working group should develop and represent the strategy for the safe management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive wastes till May 20 of this year.