The fuel-for-warheads deal, forged in January, was signed by the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and the United States, and envisaged Kiev surrendering all of its approximately 1,800 nuclear warheads to Russia for dismantling.
A train loaded with 120 nuclear fuel assemblies started six days ago for Ukraine, the Nuclear Power Ministry spokesman Vladislav Petrov told reporters. He declined to say when it would arrive at Chernobyl.
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