Russia promises Iran nuclear fuel for power station
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - The cooperation between Russia and Iran does not pose any threat to the rules and regulations governing the non- proliferation of nuclear weapons, Sergey Kiriyenko, director of Russia's Federal Agency for Atomic Energy said recently.
Concerning deliveries of uranium rods for the nuclear power station in Bushehr, currently under construction, Kiriyenko said radioactive materials have not yet left Russia. Kiriyenko also recalled that Russia and Iran have an intergovernmental agreement which provides for the spent fuel to be returned.
"We have envisaged that deliveries of nuclear fuel must be ensured by the time the station is physically put on stream. This is how it will actually take place. According to the norms in force, the fuel ought to reach the station approximately six months before the station is physically put on stream, so it will be there six months earlier," said Kiriyenko. "There is no need for it to be there any earlier."
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WHITEHORSE - A new record for electricity demand has been set in Yukon. The territory recorded a peak of 104.42 megawatts, according to a news release from Yukon Energy.
The new record is about a half a megawatt higher than the previous record of 103.84 megawatts recorded on Jan. 14, 2020.
While in general, over 90 per cent of the electricity generated in Yukon comes from renewable resources each year, during periods of high electricity use each winter, Yukon Energy has to use its hydro, liquefied natural gas and diesel resources to generate the electricity, the release says.
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