05 March 2010 year

Alexander Prudnik, Chief research officer of Institute of sociology of RAS (Nizhny Novgorod branch):

— During making such polls, we found absolutely strict correlation between level of information amount and apprehension regarding nuclear power sector. The better and more complete information received by local population from the nuclear power branch is, the more positive is the attitude. According to the poll in Kaliningrad we see that atomists carried out good work More

05 March 2010 year

Sergey Levchenko, member of Committee on energy sector of State Duma of the RF:

— I know that in the course of preparing to the second reading, many amendments were received in Duma regarding this draft law, that is quite natural during the period between the first and the second readings and considering apprehension of the society about this extremely important topic More

05 March 2010 year

Eugeny Tugolukov, first deputy chairman of committee of State Duma on natural resources, environmental management and ecology:

— If speaking about essence of the draft law, to my opinion the main thing in it is legislatively guaranteed liability of RAW producers to pay for waste burial. Thus, understandable source of financing of all works related to waste treatment is established More

04 March 2010 year

Ian Hore-Lacy, Director of Public Communications World Nuclear Association:

— It is widely accepted in the world nuclear industry that the costs of waste management and disposal are internalised, that is, they are borne by the power producer /utility and built into the cost of electricity sold. There may then be an arrangement for the power producer to pay another, eg national, body to take over the management and disposal. More

04 March 2010 year

Eugeny Fedorov, chairman of committee of State Duma on industrial policy and entrepreneurship:

— Functioning of the new NPP will converse Kaliningrad region from region of middle and small business which it is now, into region of large-scale industry. I am sure that as a result the region will take leading positions in economic development. More

04 March 2010 year

Expert: Baltic NPP will help to overcome energy shortage in Kaliningrad region:

— «Gazprom» carries out construction of Kaliningrad heat and power plant-2 in Kaliningrad region, and as expected, the plant will be ready for functioning by the end of 2010, whereas commissioning of the first power unit of the NPP is planned only by 2016. After commissioning of heat and power plant-2, as supposes expert of FNES, Kaliningrad region will be able to export electric power More

03 March 2010 year

Alexey Grazhdankin, deputy director of Levada center:

— If competent explanatory work is carried out, as we see it in Kaliningrad region, the population can be persuaded in that they should not apprehend and there is nothing to be afraid of. The entire Europe lives side by side with those nuclear power plants and nothing happens. More

02 March 2010 year

Vladimir Zhidkikh, chairman of commission of the Federation Council of youth affairs and tourism, member of commission of the FC on natural monopolies:

— I would like to add the following. I studied objections of some ecological organizations which, in particular, allege that the draft law permits pumping of radioactive waste under ground. So, by the present day it is global practice. Actually all countries of the world which deal with RAW come to the conclusion that burial into deep geological disposal of RAW after processing is the only solution, and there are no other real variants yet More

02 March 2010 year

Grigory Shamin, deputy chairman of State Duma of Tomsk region:

— I am sure that the law will allow the people resident in the territory of Tomsk region near the objects producing RAW to feel more quietly and confidently. The law will allow to provide strict control upon movement of each gram of RAW More

02 March 2010 year

Natalya Podkopayeva, director of department of fuel-energy complex and tariff policy of Kostroma region, Ph.D. in Economics:

— Moreover, execution of the draft law will provide formation of conditions for development of nuclear power branch of the Russian Federation and extension of export of Russian nuclear technologies, and also will enable to eliminate questions and doubts for benefit of deployment of nuclear objects in the regions More

02 March 2010 year

Eugeny Budylov, PhD in Technical Sciences, associate professor:

— Prospects of commercialization of the aforesaid technologies of fast neutron reactors depend on capacity of single power unit, demand of regions in power supply and availability of distribution networks. Extensiveness of Russia territory in general and Eastern regions in particular, with low population density in them do not need large single unit capacities. More