U.S. eyes Russia's nuclear waste
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08/01/2000
Pushing ahead with a major campaign to help the cash-strapped Russian government clean up its aging nuclear arsenal, U.S.Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has unveiled facilities to handle nuclear waste and create civilian jobs for military scientists.In a tour across Russia this week, Richardson inspected the progress of a U.S. program to ensure that nuclear materials are disposed of safely. On Friday, he unveiled two storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel from decommissioned submarines at Vladivostok, the main base of Russia's Pacific Fleet.