AR RA ) ▁project ▁representing ▁a ▁$ 1 . 6 ▁billion ▁invest ment ▁in ▁S RS . ▁This ▁project , ▁expected ▁to ▁run ▁through ▁fis cal ▁year ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁will ▁result ▁in ▁the ▁acceler ated ▁clean up ▁of ▁nuclear ▁waste ▁at ▁S RS ▁and ▁a ▁significant ▁reduction ▁in ▁the ▁site ▁foot print . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁alone , ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁new ▁workers ▁were ▁h ired ▁and ▁over ▁ 8 0 0 ▁jobs ▁retained , ▁due ▁to ▁AR RA ▁fund ing . ▁S RS ▁construction ▁employees ▁reached ▁ 2 3 ▁million ▁hours ▁( 1 1 ▁consecutive ▁years ) ▁without ▁a ▁lost ▁time ▁injury ▁case . ▁ ▁M ▁Area ▁closure ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁with ▁the ▁P ▁and ▁R ▁Are as ▁following ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁MO X ▁F uel ▁Fab ric ation ▁Fac ility ▁ ▁The ▁MO X ▁F uel ▁Fab ric ation ▁Fac ility ▁was ▁created ▁to ▁satisfy ▁the ▁nuclear ▁non - pro l ifer ation ▁agreement ▁between ▁The ▁Russian ▁Federation ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . A . ▁The ▁Russian ▁Federation ▁has ▁met ▁its ▁oblig ations ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁treat y , ▁completed ▁its ▁processing ▁facility ▁and ▁comm enced ▁processing ▁of ▁plut on ium ▁into ▁MO X ▁fuel ▁with ▁experimental ▁quantities ▁produced ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁for ▁a ▁cost ▁of ▁about ▁$ 2 0 0 m ▁US D , ▁reaching ▁industrial ▁capacity ▁in ▁