Russia says restarts nuclear fuel transit to Europe via Ukraine
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Moscow. Rosatom, Russia’s state energy corporation, said on Saturday it would resume nuclear fuel shipments to Europe via Ukraine after Kyiv lifted a ban imposed during anti-government protests earlier this year on transporting the hazardous material, Reuters reported.
The ban was introduced on Jan. 28 by the government of now-deposed President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled the country last month after a popular uprising.
Rosatom said the ban ended on Thursday and the first rail shipment of nuclear fuel in 2014 via Ukraine to eastern Europe was expected next week.
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