Russian news agency Interfax

Terrorists are not likely to operate technologies of making A-bombs from used nuclear fuel, Vitaliy Nasonov, deputy head of the Russian Atomic Energy Ministry`s press service told Interfax today. He was commenting on reports that Osama Bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire suspected of masterminding the terrorist attacks in the United States, had shown interest in acquiring used fuel from the nuclear power station in the Bulgarian town of Kozloduy. Used nuclear fuel does contain uranium-235 that could be used to make nuclear bombs, but appropriate technologies are needed for that, Nasonov said. The station built with Russian aid has been abiding by an intergovernmental agreement under which nuclear waste must be sent back to Russia where the fuel elements are made, he said. Bulgaria`s Darik radio station has reported that Bin Laden discussed the possibility of obtaining used nuclear fuel with the Kozloduy station`s director, Ivan Ivanov, in a suburb of Peshawar, Pakistan, in April.

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