WASHINGTON (AP) -- The US has tentatively agreed to allow limited imports of uranium from Russia, suspending an antidumping investigation that has been in place for decades.
The imports, beginning in 2011, would be limited by yearly quotas.
The federal Commerce Department's International Trade Administration filed a notice yesterday in the Federal Register requesting for comment on the tentative agreement.
The department and Rosatom -- Russia's civilian nuclear agency -- initialed the agreement last month.
Linda Johnson, a spokeswoman for the uranium fuel provider USEC, says the company has no objection to imports of Russian fuel at levels that do not jeopardize existing facilities and various projects.
Among those projects is a plan by USEC to build a uranium enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio.
It received a construction and operating license earlier this year.
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