Nuclear Security Culture Development

Kazakhstan

No

Initiatives orActivities

State/FacilityTarget

Content

Notes

State

Domestic

JSC NAC “Kazatomprom” conducted seminarmeeting where work conducted over 2014 wassummed up in the field of ensuring nuclear andradiation safety at Holding enterprises as wellas labor and environment protection.

Almaty,Kazakhstan,April, 2015

1

Seminar on ensuring
nuclear and radiation
safety, labor andenvironment protection.

2

Review Conference on
consideration of Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) operation.

StateInternational/Domestic

Participation of MFA RK members at theplenary session within the Review Conferenceon NNT operation consideration.

New York,USA,
April, 2015

3

Concerning physicalsecurity strengthening for
nuclear objects.

State/Local
Operators

International/
Domestic

Astana,Kazakhstan,May, 2015

4

Seminar “Reducing Global
Security Threats : Lessons
from Kazakhstan”.

StateInternational/
Domestic

Ceremony on completing project onreconstruction of engineering structures andperimeter technical security means of Ulba
Metallurgical Plant and Institute of Nuclear
Physics under “Agreement between theGovernment of the Republic of Kazakhstan andthe Government of Japan for cooperation inelimination of nuclear weapon subject toreduction in the Republic of Kazakhstan andestablishing Committee on cooperation forthese purposes”.
International Seminar “Reducing Global
Security Threats: Lessons from Kazakhstan”
dedicated to joint work of Kazakhstan, Russia
and USA on liquidation of nuclear tests at
Semipalatinsk Test Site was held.

Kurchatov,
Kazakhstan,June, 2015

No

Initiatives orActivities

State/
Facility

TargetContent

Notes

StateInternational/
Domestic

Agreement between IAEA and the Governmentof RK on establishing Low Enriched Uranium
Bank located in Ust-Kamenogorsk at Ulba
Metallurgical Plant has been signed. This object
is constructed for long-term storage of lowenriched uranium used to generate electricity incase of black-out.

Ust-Kamenogorsk,
Kazakhstan,
August, 2015

5Signing of Agreement of theGovernment of RK andInternational Atomic Energy
Agency on Establishing Low
Enriched Uranium Bank.

6International Conference“XXI Century: Nuclear
Technologies and Nonproliferation Problems”.

StateInternational/
Domestic

International Conference “XXI Century: Nuclear
Technologies and Non-proliferation Problems”
organized by the Ministry of Energy of RK under
support of International Science andTechnology Center (ISTC), Committee of Atomicand Energy Supervision and Control ME RK,
Kazakhstan Nuclear Society and Nuclear
Technology Safety Center was competed in
Astana city.

Astana,Kazakhstan,
October, 2015

7

Adoption of Law RK “AboutUse of Atomic Energy” .

StateDomestic

Law of RK “About Use of Atomic Energy” wasadopted.

Astana,Kazakhstan,
December, 2015

1

No

Initiatives orActivities

State/
Facility

TargetContent

Notes

State

International/
Domestic

Participation of NNC RK representatives in the
17 FNCA Coordinators Meeting

Tokyo,Japan,March, 2016

8FNCA Coordinators Meeting

9Nuclear Security Summit

StateInternational/
Domestic

Participation of the President of RK Nursultan
Nazarbayev in IV Nuclear Security Summit
dedicated to issues of nuclear security andnuclear terrorism problems.

Washington,USA,March, 201610

Delegation of the US
Department of Energy in
Institute of Nuclear Physics

StateInternational/
Domestic

The delegation from the US Department ofEnergy visited Institute of Nuclear Physics.
During the meeting, the achievements in
implementation of joint projects on conversionof VVR-K research reactor and INP criticalbench to low enriched uranium and alsoestablishing of Nuclear Security Training Center
were noted by parties.

Almaty,Kazakhstan,April, 201611

Nuclear Security Training
Center is establishing inKazakhstan under supportof Japan and USA

State

International/
Domestic

Under ISTC “Target Initiatives” Program, Japanand US Department of Energy carry out the
support in establishing Nuclear Security
Training Center

Almaty,Kazakhstan,June, 2016

2

No

Initiatives orActivities

State/
Facility

TargetContent

Notes

State

International/
Domestic

Training Course “Response to Accidents
involving Ionizing Radiation Sources andRadioactive Materials” was held by Office ofRadiological Security (ORC).

Almaty,Kazakhstan,June, 2016

12

Training Course “Responseto “Accidents Involving
Ionizing Radiation Sources
and Radioactive Materials”

13

New infrasound station wasstarted its operation inKazakhstan

StateInternational/
Domestic

New infrasound station which will register
unauthorized nuclear tests at the world testingsites has been launched in East Kazakhstan inMakanchi settlement. Configuration of newgroup and all technical solutions comply withrequirements of CTBTO International
Monitoring System stations.

Kurchatov,
Kazakhstan,
August, 2015

14

International Conference “AWorld Free of Nuclear
Weapons”.

StateInternational/Domestic

International Conference “A World Free ofNuclear Weapons” dedicated to a Day against
Nuclear Tests and 25th anniversary of closing
Semipalatinsk Test Site was held.

Astana,Kazakhstan,August, 20153