Identifier
Created
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09MOSCOW1107
2009-04-29 10:22:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG PORT OPENING NEW CLASS VII
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UNCLAS MOSCOW 001107
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
Dept for T - J. Timbie
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP PARM EWWT RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG PORT OPENING NEW CLASS VII
(RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS) PIER ON MAY 1
UNCLAS MOSCOW 001107
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
Dept for T - J. Timbie
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP PARM EWWT RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG PORT OPENING NEW CLASS VII
(RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS) PIER ON MAY 1
1. (U) Summary. On April 20, EST officer and senior FSN visited the
Class VII pier in Region 4 of the St. Petersburg port. Beginning
May 1, all HEU - LEU contract shipments to the U.S. Enrichment
Corporation (USEC) will commence from this location in Region 4.
EST officer was assured by Isotope, Port Authority and Neva - Metall
Stevedore Company representatives that the General License for
loading LEU will be issued by the Ministry of Transportation on or
before May 1. (End Summary.)
2. (SBU) On April 20, EST officer met with Isotope Company Deputy
Director General Sergei Shambarov and Neva Metall Stevedore Company
Director Kirill Romanov. A representative of the St. Petersburg
Port Authority was present as a guide/observer. Isotope is the
Tekhsnabexport (TENEX) contractor which executes all Highly Enriched
Uranium (HEU) - Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) contract logistics in the
St. Petersburg region. It accepts and stores LEU products from
Russia's enrichment combines, transports the LEU casks by truck to
the port, and supervises loading operations and security enroute to
the Port. Neva Metall is the stevedore company that physically
transfers the LEU casks from the trucks onto the ship.
3. (SBU) Per Shambarov and Romanov, until May 1, LEU shipments will
continue through the existing Class VII pier in Region 3 of the
Port. The relocation to Region 4 after April 30 is the result of
planned reconstruction work in the Region 3 area. Relocating the
loading point requires a new license for Neva Metall which handles
the LEU trans-loading operation. Obtaining this particular license
is a lengthy, and administratively painful, procedure due to the
Russian bureaucratic environment surrounding anything involving
nuclear materials, as it involves receiving multiple approvals from
several agencies. Both Shambarov and Romanov emphatically stated
the license would be issued and the pier and all transport loading
equipment will be ready for LEU cask loading operations by May 1.
BEYRLE
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
Dept for T - J. Timbie
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP PARM EWWT RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG PORT OPENING NEW CLASS VII
(RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS) PIER ON MAY 1
1. (U) Summary. On April 20, EST officer and senior FSN visited the
Class VII pier in Region 4 of the St. Petersburg port. Beginning
May 1, all HEU - LEU contract shipments to the U.S. Enrichment
Corporation (USEC) will commence from this location in Region 4.
EST officer was assured by Isotope, Port Authority and Neva - Metall
Stevedore Company representatives that the General License for
loading LEU will be issued by the Ministry of Transportation on or
before May 1. (End Summary.)
2. (SBU) On April 20, EST officer met with Isotope Company Deputy
Director General Sergei Shambarov and Neva Metall Stevedore Company
Director Kirill Romanov. A representative of the St. Petersburg
Port Authority was present as a guide/observer. Isotope is the
Tekhsnabexport (TENEX) contractor which executes all Highly Enriched
Uranium (HEU) - Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) contract logistics in the
St. Petersburg region. It accepts and stores LEU products from
Russia's enrichment combines, transports the LEU casks by truck to
the port, and supervises loading operations and security enroute to
the Port. Neva Metall is the stevedore company that physically
transfers the LEU casks from the trucks onto the ship.
3. (SBU) Per Shambarov and Romanov, until May 1, LEU shipments will
continue through the existing Class VII pier in Region 3 of the
Port. The relocation to Region 4 after April 30 is the result of
planned reconstruction work in the Region 3 area. Relocating the
loading point requires a new license for Neva Metall which handles
the LEU trans-loading operation. Obtaining this particular license
is a lengthy, and administratively painful, procedure due to the
Russian bureaucratic environment surrounding anything involving
nuclear materials, as it involves receiving multiple approvals from
several agencies. Both Shambarov and Romanov emphatically stated
the license would be issued and the pier and all transport loading
equipment will be ready for LEU cask loading operations by May 1.
BEYRLE