DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOR ON HELIUM-3 SHORTAGE FOR

UNCLAS MOSCOW 000200 SENSITIVE SIPDIS ISN/MNSA FOR JSANBORN, ISN/NESS FOR BPLAPP AND ZNAZARIO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM RS SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOR ON HELIUM-3 SHORTAGE FOR IAEA SAFEGUARDS REF: A. A. SECSTATE 3312 ¶B. B. YOUNG-LOCHBRYN EMAIL 1/16/10 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED ¶1. (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche orally to Aleksey Ubeyev, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, at Rosatom on January 14. After consulting with the Department (ref B),post delivered slightly abridged written talking points also to Ubeyev on Jan 19. As Ubeyev is currently out of the country, post followed up with Rosatom contact Aleksandr Zhgutov, Director of Office of Relations with International Organizations, (one level below Ubeyev) on January 22. Zhgutov informed us that Rosatom is "working on the issue". He noted that Olli Heinonen, Deputy Director General of IAEA, visited Rosatom in mid-January and raised the Helium-3 shortage issue. Post will continue to follow up. Beyrle