KIEV, July 4 - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should have signed a memorandum on mutual understanding between the governments of Ukraine and the United States regarding cooperation in nuclear safety in Vilnius (Lithuania) on July 1, but the document has not been signed, according to the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine weekly with reference to its own source.
According to the edition, the United States expressed readiness to provide Ukraine with compensation of about $40 million for the export of all highly enriched uranium and has delivered some low-enriched uranium to Ukraine for Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research and started activities to strengthen the technical potential of Sevastopol University of Nuclear Energy and Industry. "However, last winter there was some scanty information that the American side does not want to commit to paper its obligations concerning its participation in the construction of a modern nuclear station in Kharkiv. The Ukrainian side insisted on signing a relevant document," the source said.
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