Haley Stevens: “last spring, the Duma Chairman of the Committee on the Problems of the Russian North, Vladimir Goman, met with Senator…”

“last spring, the Duma Chairman of the Committee on the Problems of the Russian North, Vladimir Goman, met with Senator Cochran and myself to ask us for our participation in a new project which would help facilitate Russia's efforts in the remediation of nuclear wastes. Since that meeting, the Russian Duma has passed a Resolution pledging funding and infrastructure for the Advanced Technology Research Project (ATRP). In Europe, industry and key decision makers of the European Parliament, the German Bundestag, the Union of European Labor Parties, and several national nuclear waste management and research and development institutions, including the Swiss NAGRA, have all pledged their support for the ATRP. This ATRP, originally proposed by the Russian Duma, with participation from academia, private industry and governmental and public organizations, is a privately funded, neutral organization. It will facilitate information exchange on nuclear waste management technologies, and the development of a worldwide nuclear waste management technology marketplace. It is the goal of this project to advance self sufficiency in nuclear waste management in Russia and to globally provide advanced and affordable solutions to nuclear waste. ATRP will be entirely privately funded through private industry, public interest, and scientific organizations.”