OREANDA-NEWS.  TENEX (Techsnabexport, a company of ROSATOM) finished deliveries of low enriched uranium (LEU) to the USA under the Russian-American Intergovernmental Agreement Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons (HEU Agreement). On November 14 the last batch of the Russia LEU for its further use as fuel for the U.S. nuclear power plants was sent from St. Petersburg seaport to Baltimore seaport. The shipping off ceremony was attended by representatives of the governmental agencies of Russia and the USA as well as Russia and foreign companies who participated in implementation of the HEU/LEU Program.

In the framework of events related to the HEU/LEU Program completion a panel discussion was organized. Its participants discussed various aspects of the Program preparation and implementation, its significance in the context of the nuclear disarmament and development of the Russian-American cooperation in the peaceful uses of atomic energy, as well as they answered questions of the Russia and foreign mass media.

Thus, TENEX fully fulfilled its obligations under the contract with USEC Inc. (United States Enrichment Corporation). This was laid down in a joint statement of the companies signed during the event.