Japan asks for Russian help in disposing of radioactive water: report
Apr. 5, 2011
Japan has asked Russia's state-controlled nuclear firm Rosatom to send a liquid radioactive waste disposal facility to the troubled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday.
The floating waste-disposal facility, designed for the disposal of waste from decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines, has been in use since 2001. Its construction, which cost around $35 million, was financed by Japan, the report said.
''We are ready to help our friends as they once helped us,'' Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov was quoted as saying.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on April 4, 2011)
The floating waste-disposal facility, designed for the disposal of waste from decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines, has been in use since 2001. Its construction, which cost around $35 million, was financed by Japan, the report said.
''We are ready to help our friends as they once helped us,'' Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov was quoted as saying.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on April 4, 2011)
