Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed the law on the ratification of the implementation agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on the reburial of radioactive waste, which was signed as the result of the implementation of military programs of the former Soviet Union in Ukraine, the Ukrainian president's press service reported on July 9.
The Verkhovna Rada ratified this agreement on June 17.
The agreement was signed in Brussels on Sept. 18, 2013.
The aim of the project is the rehabilitation of territories which are used to store radioactive waste.
The agreement also regulates the issues related to the agencies responsible for the development and implementation of the agreement, project management, financial costs management, taxation issues etc. The facilities from which radioactive waste will be removed are to be determined by agreement of the parties.
The observance of national and international laws on all the stages of the project will be monitored by NATO Support and Procurement Agency.
