| For Russia this is a start of an important project | | | | on constantly changing political powers |
| that promotes its regional and international | | | | configuration. Within this context the story of |
| significance within energy sphere, as the IUEC | | | | "Ukratomprom" establishment appears to be |
| should assure dual objective: to strengthen the | | | | illustratory. In December 2006 the Cabinet of |
| regime of nuclear weapon nonproliferation and to | | | | Ministers of Viktor Yanukovich issued a resolution |
| guarantee the availability of the "peaceful" nuclear | | | | on the establishment of the State Company |
| fuel cycle to the consuming countries. The | | | | "Ukratomprom" that was consequently closed |
| success of this project mainly depends on the | | | | down in December 2007. In spring of 2008, after |
| ability of its participants to combine their interest | | | | "Ukratomprom" liquidation a new State Company |
| in harmony and proportion. | | | | "Nuclear Fuel of Ukraine" was founded on its basis. |
| Apparently, the Government of Ukraine in this | | | | This new company will join the IUEC. |
| discrete moment has come to a conclusion that | | | | One can assume that these factors of instability |
| the participation within IUEC promotes energy | | | | will be imported into the IUEC to some extent, |
| sovereignty that is of principal priority as stated | | | | after Ukraine gains the 10% share of the |
| the Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko on | | | | enterprise. And instability – is always an issue |
| February 10th. The participation within the project | | | | of who will use and manage it. |
| will give Ukraine an opportunity to enrich uranium | | | | The slogans of uranium enrichment depoliticization |
| in Angarsk for the needs of its nuclear power | | | | by the IUEC establishment are in general a cover, |
| industry that comprises about 50% of Ukrainian | | | | as the IUEC possesses too great potential of |
| energy reserves. Today the fuel for Ukrainian | | | | geopolitical influence and hardly this energy lever |
| nuclear power plants is supplied by Russia, and | | | | won’t be used in non-energy issues. |
| Ukraine strives to reduce its dominance within | | | | In general, Ukraine may become a Western |
| Ukrainian nuclear fuel market. | | | | influential agent within the IUEC. Mentioned |
| Ukraine intends to gain the same share in the | | | | instability can be omitted and then used if needed, |
| IUEC as Kazakhstan, i.e. 10%. Considering | | | | for example against strengthening of Russia in the |
| post-Soviet history of the interrelations of Russia | | | | CIS through nuclear power. And the IUEC is a real |
| and Ukraine in the sphere of energy, particularly in | | | | mechanism of the expansion of Russia’s |
| nuclear fuel supplies, the presence of Ukraine in | | | | influence within this area, as it is a new field for |
| the IEUC can produce another intrigue into the | | | | interaction of the CIS countries in practice: |
| activity of the Angarsk centre, that will become a | | | | successful operation of the IUEC depends on the |
| field for geopolitical battles for sure. | | | | ability of raw materials provision and on the |
| Ukrainian nuclear fuel market is extremely | | | | quantity of Parties consuming enriched uranium. |
| politicized on international and internal levels, in | | | | Russia needs to promote its cooperation with |
| addition it is so predictable as the situation with | | | | Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizia in the sphere of |
| gas supplies to and through Ukraine. | | | | uranium production, considering that Central Asia |
| Recently Ukraine has tried to mitigate Moscow | | | | suffers from energy deficit; so the construction |
| with nuclear ostracism, demonstrating its ability to | | | | of NPP in this region is urgent. |
| attract fuel supplies for Ukrainian NPPs of the | | | | In the given case it’s not about the necessity |
| American company Westinghouse, despite its | | | | of refusal of the cooperation with Ukraine within |
| economic and safety invalidity. Firstly, American | | | | the kind of natural enterprise as the IUEC, as |
| fuel will be more expensive than its Russian | | | | Ukraine together with Kazakhstan and Russia is an |
| analogue, secondly its has been already proved | | | | inheritor of the Ministry of Medium Machine |
| with Czech and Finnish NPPs that it’s insecure | | | | Building, and the integral as known is bigger than |
| to use American fuel in soviet nuclear reactors | | | | the sum of its parts. But nevertheless Russia |
| due to technologic reasons. | | | | needs to develop mechanisms that would secure |
| Except for this diversifying compound, the | | | | it from inadequate steps of its partners, that can |
| situation of Ukrainian nuclear industry balances | | | | cover with the back of their Western masters, |
| together with the Party line, i.e. greatly depends | | | | speculating on "little and beautiful democracy". |