NORWEGIAN AID FOR NUCLEAR CLEAN-UP.

Norway has agreed to grant more than $15 million in aid to Russia for joint efforts aimed at cleaning up the Russian Northern Fleet’s nuclear wastes, Deputy Atomic Energy Minister Nikolai Yegorov said on September 1. The draft agreement, which needs still to be reviewed and approved, envisages seven joint projects that will facilitate the recycling of nuclear wastes, he said. (Interfax, September 1)

Moscow Calls for CIS Cooperation in Defense Production.