Yuri Senturin, Vice Chairman of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— The law “On the Peculiarities of the Management of the Property and Shares of Organizations Using Nuclear Energy” is the basis of the program of the nuclear power sector modernization and development

On Jan 19 2007 the State Duma approved the third reading of the bill “On the Peculiarities of the Management of the Property and Shares of Organizations Using Nuclear Energy and On Relevant Changes to Some Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.” The bill was presented by the President and regulates the process of management of the assets of nuclear power enterprises. Vice Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication Yuri Senturin has commented on the adoption of the bill:

The “tunnel law” is a presidential law of principle. It is the basis of the program for modernizing and developing the capacities of the nuclear power industry; for increasing the energy balance of the country and the share of nuclear power engineering, in particular; and for attaining the leading positions on the world market.

These processes are based on strong investing and relevant legislative field. And the above law is exactly the necessary legislative field.

The adoption of the law by the State Duma today is a new page in the history of Russia’s nuclear power sector.