Saving on fuel and energy resources and environmental protection are closely associated problems whose solution is drawing increasing attention all over the world. Despite the fact that enormous fuel and energy resources are concentrated in Russia: 1/3 of the proven world reserves of natural gas (approximately 48 trillion m(3)), 13% of the crude oil, 23% of the coal, and 14% of the uranium, their efficient utilization is a necessary condition for raising the country's economy.