Kazakhstan signed the IAEA Country Framework Program for 2023-2028

Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Satkaliyev and IAEA Director General R. Grossi signed the Framework Country Program 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.

The country framework program is the basis for medium-term planning of technical cooperation between Kazakhstan and the IAEA.

The new program for 2023-2028 is 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, food security and nuclear medicine.

The transfer of nuclear technology and technical cooperation resources is expected to support the country's national development goals.

Recall, Kazakhstan has been cooperating with the IAEA since 1994, gaining access to the latest technological and research developments and strengthening its scientific and technical potential.