PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION MESSAGE DELIVERED TO ROSATOM

UNCLAS MOSCOW 004087 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/FM/MWATT DOE FOR NNSA/WTOBEY SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL RS SUBJECT: PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION MESSAGE DELIVERED TO ROSATOM REF: STATE 113938 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ¶1. (SBU) On August 15 we shared reftel letters from NNSA Deputy Administrator Tobey and Ambassador Guhin to Rosatom Deputy Directors Spasskiy and Kamenskikh, as well as the accompanying U.S. comments on the draft joint statement on plutonium disposition. Kamenskikh has agreed to meet with Deputy Administrator Tobey and Ambassador Guhin on August 29. Spasskiy only returned from vacation on August 20, and that meeting request is still pending. Rosatom is currently reviewing the latest round of U.S. comments, including our request for clarification on additional donor funding, and we do not expect to receive an official response before the August 29 meeting. MELVILLE