Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Almasadam Satkaliyev and IAEA Director General R. Grossi signed the Country Programme Framework between Kazakhstan and the Agency for 2023-2028 in Astana. The signing took place within the framework of the official visit of the IAEA Director General to Kazakhstan, El.kz reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Country Framework is the basis for medium-term planning of technical cooperation between Kazakhstan and the IAEA.
The new program for 2023-2028 was developed taking into account the accumulated experience of technical cooperation and takes into account the status of Kazakhstan as a country planning to build its first nuclear power plant. It identifies four priority areas: nuclear power infrastructure, nuclear and radiation safety, and food security and nuclear medicine.
It is expected that the transfer of nuclear technology and technical cooperation resources will support the country's national development goals.