DIIS REPORT Anton Khlopkov and Valeriya Chekina Governing Uranium in Russia DIIS Report 2014:19 DIIS REPORT DIIS . DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 1 DIIS REPORT 2014:19 © Copenhagen 2014, the authors and DIIS Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS Østbanegade 117, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ph: +45 32 69 87 87 Fax: +45 32 69 87 00 E-mail:
[email protected] Web: www.diis.dk Layout: Allan Lind Jørgensen Printed in Denmark by Vesterkopi AS ISBN 978-87-7605-697-1 (print) ISBN 978-87-7605-698-8 (pdf ) Price: DKK 50.00 (VAT included) DIIS publications can be downloaded free of charge from www.diis.dk Hardcopies can be ordered at www.diis.dk This report is part of the larger global 'Governing Uranium' project led by DIIS which is made possible by support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Anton Khlopkov, Director, Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS)
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[email protected] 2 DIIS REPORT 2014:19 Contents Introduction 5 1. Russia’s Nuclear Industry’s Demand for Uranium 7 1.1 Demand generated by Russian NPPs 7 1.2 Other domestic sources of demand for uranium 11 1.3 Demand for uranium generated by Russian nuclear exports 11 2. Meeting Russia’s Nuclear Industry’s Demand for Uranium 16 2.1 Uranium mining in Russia 16 2.2 Uranium production at Russian-owned facilities abroad 27 2.3 Secondary sources of uranium 31 2.4 Customer-provided uranium 33 3.