Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order we are meeting to examine an issue that effectively weve been at a stalemate for quite some time. What we should do with used nuclear fuel accumulating at the Nuclear Reactors. At a starting point we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe its a vital part of our mix. The large reactors not landscape provide reliable admissions free power to communities across our country. Our Nations Nuclear industry is critically important but it also faces a number of challenges and one that impacted the first reactors began operation and Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with the passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act of 1982 congress attempted several times to address the backend of the fuel cycle. In an effort to resolve an earlier stalemate the federal government was supposed to begin taking title to use fuel and moving it to a repository at Yucca Mountain in nevada beginn
Last year, 11 such wells appeared on the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear power plant, now they fill the spray pools, the method is simple but very effective, the cooling pond will receive additional recharge, for this purpose it is planned to install special pumping stations on the banks of the dnieper, but it all comes down to questions security. At zas, the installation of special protection over the spent Nuclear Fuel Storage facility, including americanmade, has been completed. From the station itself and what was brought from other ukrainian Nuclear Power plant, 174 concrete containers in total. They didnt know how to process it in ukraine, and no one was going to export it. Now we are entering a facility that was ukraine, purchased from the American Company duke power engineering, it was called, this is the technology for dry storage of spent nuclear fuel. Did they buy the technology itself or yes a license then to operate this facility, a license yes for 50 years and then wh
Regular Russian Troops appeared at the front. The battles near ilovaisk and debaltseve, tragic for the ukrainian army, became a turning point in the operation of the united forces. You will remember there that in the 14th year it was released from what on 70 was captured at the beginning. With one such breakthrough, an assault, it was possible to reach even the outskirts of donetsk, but unfortunately, it all ended in ilovaisk, because russia realized that it was losing the initiative and. Introduced its official troops. To stop the invasion, ukraine, along with russia, france and germany, is forced to sign the minsk agreements, a political agreement on a temporary truce. However , the kremlin has ignored the main condition of the ceasefire agreements all these years. However , the document made it possible to stop the advance of the enemy in donbas and give ukraine time to regain strength and rebuild the army. When the Verkhovna Rada canceled ukraines nonaligned status on december 23,
Emergency government for the duration of the military actions. Among the most important tasks is the release of civilians taken hostage. The head of our middle east news bureau, sergei pashkov, will tell you more about the situation in israel. Gaza militants captured many israelis, apparently, we are talking about dozens of people, these are parents with children, children, teenagers, and. Gaza young people at a music festival, these are military personnel, in total hamas reported that they managed to take 53 israelis hostage and bring them to the territory of the gaza strip, and more several dozen israelis remain under the control of militants as hostages, directly in those settlements near the gaza strip where fighting is currently taking place. The Israeli Defense forces are operating, and special forces have arrived there. In total, it is known that the collision occurs at twentyone points of contact. Some settlements in the israeli south are still controlled by militants, in the v
; apparently, we are talking about dozens of people, these are parents with children, children, teenagers, and local residents who came to the border of the gaza strip for a music festival, young people, including military personnel, in total hamas reported that they managed to take 53 israelis hostage and bring them to the gas strip, while several dozen more israelis remain under the control of the militants, hostages, directly in those settlements near the gaza strip, where fighting is currently taking place, where the Israeli Defense forces are operating , special forces arrived there , all that is known is that militant clashes are taking place at twentyone points of contact, some in populated areas, the israeli south of the country is still controlled by militants, in one only the village. Currently , about 50 people are being held hostage in the kibbutz canteen, or at least such reports are being received. There is also a report that the israeli authorities are unofficially negot