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Article: Big names, bucks bet behind nuclear fuel 'bank'
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- May 24, 2009
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VIENNA -- Buffett's bankroll, Obama's clout and the partnership
of a savvy ex-Soviet strongman may turn the steppes of central Asia
into a nuclear mecca, a go-to place for "safe" uranium fuel in an
increasingly nervous atomic age.
The $150 million idea, with seed money from U.S. billionaire
Warren Buffett, must still navigate the tricky maze of global
nuclear politics, along with a parallel Russian plan. But the notion
of such fuel banks is moving higher on the world's agenda as a way
to keep ultimate weapons out of many more hands.
Decisions may come as early as next month here in Vienna.
The half-century-old vision, to establish international control