Russian deputies to vote on nuclear waste imports

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Russian deputies to vote on nuclear waste imports

  

MOSCOW (Reuters) Mar 21 - Liberal deputies Wednesday 

branded moves to import foreign nuclear waste to Russia for 

treatment as the "crime of the century," on the eve of a key 

parliamentary vote. 



Storing and reprocessing nuclear waste from other states could 

earn Russia some $20 billion over 20 years say supporters of the 

plan, who nevertheless expect the measure to win fewer than the 

320 votes won during an initial vote last December. 



The bill, at the second reading stage, needs 226 votes to pass to a 

third reading. 



The liberal Yabloko bloc and Union of Right Wing Forces (SPS) in 

the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, say the law will 

turn Russia into the world's nuclear garbage bin even though its 

own nuclear waste storage facilities are crumbling. 



"The crime of the century is being carried out. These laws 

contradict the opinion of many in the country," said SPS deputy 

Vera Lekareva. 



"The atom bomb will be placed not only beneath the current 

generation, but beneath those yet to be born." 



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