FNCA
Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia

COUNTRY REPORTof the Republic of Kazakhstan

2017Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Kazakhstan Priorities
 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATIONREGIME ENHANCEMENT INHIBITION OF NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONTYPES DEVELOPMENT AND
MODERNIZATION
 NUCLEAR RISKS REDUCTION

2Uranium Industry and Nuclear Fuel Cycle Kazakhstan possesses considerable resources of Uranium(the 2-nd place in the world, 13 % of world reserves)
17,3% North-Kazakhstan
Province Uranium Output in Kazakhstan
in 2016 composed 24 689 thous. tons
Balkhash Province
Shu-Sarysu
Province(the 1-st place in the world, 39 % of world output Pre-Caspian Province
0,8%
Ili Province
60,2%
1,8 %
4,7%
 Kazatomprom NAK JSC operates Uranium production(subsidiary and joint enterprises)
15,2%
Syrdariya Province

Kazatomprom NAC JSC performs the operation on creation of vertically integrated
complexof nuclear fuel cycle (Uranium conversion and enrichment, fuel production)
URANIUM
CONVERSION

Project with
CanadaURANIUM
ENRICHMENT

Project with
RussiaFA’s
PRODUCTION

Establishment of Joint Uranium Conversion Production together
with Cameco company. Feasibility study development: December
2016 – May 2017
CMP – beginning of 2019, commissioning of refinery – in the mid of2020
Since 2013, CJSO “Uranium Enrichment Center” has access toenrichment services at OJSC “Urals Electrochemical Combine”(Russia) in the volume
up to 5 mln. SWU per a year
At the UMP, “Ulba-FA” enterprise is established on FA production
for NPP3
in Asian region with production capacity of 200 t. FA per a year

Nuclear Power Development, NPP Construction Plans
Kazakhstan President Orders
to choose NPP location andconfiguration
DECREE on MINT RK #132 dated of April 23,
2013- Establish Working Group and prepare
proposal on site determination for Nuclear
Power Plant location, its capacity andreactor type, as well as “Road-Map”
Project on NPP construction
Governmental regulation about “Commission
establishment for proposal making on NPP
location and configuration at the territoryof Kazakhstan”- Commission … to introduce agreed
proposals concerning NPP location andconfiguration
at the RK territory“Kazakhstani Nuclear Power Plant”
specialized company was established todevelop feasibility study for NPPconstruction

Kurchatov
NPPBalkhashNPPSchematic map of the electricity networks 220 kV and aboveof Kazakhstan unified electric power system for the period till 2030

4Research Reactor Conversion

WWR-K Reactor

IVG.1M Reactor

IGR Reactor

Fuel conversion with enrichment 36% to 19.75%
upon Uranium-235

Fuel conversion with enrichment 90% to 19.75% upon
Uranium-235 under Contracts with DOE, ANL, Batelle
Energy Alliance (USA)and FSUE “SRI SIA “LUCH” (RF)IAEA inspectors install seals on TUK-19

Acceptance of VOTK-E Experimental Channels at “Baikal1” RRC
and Graphite Assemblies with Low Enriched
Uranium at IGR RRC

5Studies to Substantiate the Safety of Reactors

ANGARA test bench

EAGLE test bench

CORMIT Project (Toshiba, Marubeni, Japan)
Corium and Refractory Materials Interaction Test is
preparation and performance of experimental research ofcore melting interaction with refractory materials ofmelting under reactor trap protective covering
Fukushima Project (Toshiba, Marubeni, Japan)
Modeling and further study the properties of core melt
solidified fragments of NPP Fukushima-1 reactor withthe purpose to draw up recommendations on mechanisms
structure for solidified fragments reprocessing
EAGLE-3 Project (JAEA, Japan)
Experimental study of cooling processes for molten fuelsimulator in the pool with sodium (EAGLE test bench)and study ofVChG-135 test bench

experimental devices, tested in IGR reactor aimed
at solution of key safety problems addressing at
mitigation of consequences in result of coremelting accident at fast neutron reactor
SAIGA Project (CEA, France)
Performance of reactor tests for ASTRID
generation IV reactor core elements using
experimental base of NNC RK
MYRRHA (7-th Framework Program EU FP7Fission-2012)
Experimental justification of thermal fuel reliabilityof MYRRHA research reactor in transient andemergency modes of operation up to fuel melt

6Physical Start-Up of Kazakhstan’s Tokamak KTM
 Kazakhstan became the 9-th country in theworld, that possesses its own tokamak
 Tokamak KTM is designed to carry out
researches and tests of structural materials
for the future thermonuclear reactors inenergy load modes (up to 20 MW/m2)
Main Hall of Tokamak KTM

 The first physical start-up of tokamak KTM
was realized on June 9 – on the opening dayof the International Exhibition “AstanaEXPO-2017”
 On June 11 an Agreement on cooperation
with the International Organization on
Thermonuclear Power ITER was signed in
Astana during Conference “Nuclear Power
Sustainable Development Support”
Bernard Bigot, Director General of the ITER
Organization and Erlan Batyrbekov, Director Generalof NNC RK

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Development of Nuclear and Radiation Technologies
On the basis of the Institute of Nuclear Physics in
Almaty: New building for radiation sterilization with ILU-10
electron accelerator is put into operation
 Manufacture of Radioisotope Products andRadiopharmaceuticals
 Development of the technologies for theproduction of radioisotopes without highly
enriched uranium use “Training Center for Nuclear Safety” is opened
for specialists training in area of accounting,control, physical protection and countering illicit
trafficking of nuclear materials

Radioisotope and Radiopharmaceuticals Production

Building of Radiation Sterilization with ILU-10
Accelerator

Opening of the Training Center for Nuclear Safety8Bringing the Contaminated Areas to a Safe Condition
67 sites of uranium mining and geologic exploration are recultivatedbefore recultivation
containing 99% of radioactive wastes
Typical program of rehabilitation measures at the former uranium mines
included: mine liquidation
 layer-by-layer removal of contaminated soil
after recultivation
 decontamination and construction structures dismantling burial of contaminated construction materials and wastes
 leveling of poor ore piles
 piles covering with clean ground fencing of recultivated sites, located closer than 5 km away fromsettlements
 Nuclear explosions (including peaceful ones)
RegionRegionwere carried out at the territory of Kazakhstan
LiraASTAN
Meridian A
Azgir Kapustin Yar
within the period from 1949 to 1989 atSTS
Semipalatinsk Test Site, Azgir Test Site, LiraEmbaBatolit
Test Site and others and led to the formation
Saryof great quantity of radioactive wastes
Meridian
Mangyshlak
Shagan One part of wastes is represented bycontaminated soils, the another part is
Meridian
Seismic Earth Sounding
gathered in cavities of underground nuclear
Underground Reservoir
explosions
Construction
Blasting TechnologyDevelopment
 In 2016-17 operations on remediation of9

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