Press release on signing the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy

On May 23, 2018 in Minsk (Belarus), a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the peaceful use of atomic energy was signed.

On the Kazakh side, the document was signed by the Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakhytzhan Dzhaksaliev, on the Belarusian side - the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Mihaduk.  

The Memorandum provides for bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy in such areas as:

- exchange of experience in the sphere of development and adoption of normative and legal acts and normative and technical documentation necessary for the implementation of the project for the construction of a nuclear power plant, as well as for other areas in the field of the use of atomic energy;

- exchange of experience in the implementation of the nuclear power program,

- exchange of experience and cooperation in improving safety in the operation of nuclear facilities, physical protection of these facilities, as well as nuclear materials and sources of ionizing radiation, control and accounting of nuclear materials, sources of ionizing radiation and radioactive waste, monitoring and monitoring the release of radioactive substances, licensing, standardization and other management methods in the field of the use of atomic energy;

- conducting scientific and technical research in the field of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes;

- assistance in the organization of training, training and advanced training of Kazakhstan specialists in the field of nuclear energy in the Republic of Belarus.

The Memorandum was signed within the framework of the visit of the Kazakh delegation to the Republic of Belarus held from May 23 to May 25, 2018.