|
|
| KAZATOMEXPO 2010: A KEY EVENT IN THE NUCLEAR SECTOR |
Astana, May 19th: The 1st Kazakhstan International Forum on Nuclear Power and Industry - KazAtomExpo 2010 – opens today in Astana. The three day event looks set to be a key annual event in Central Asia.
The forum combines an exhibition and a conference – bringing together leading enterprises and specialists of the nuclear industry, power engineering and allied sectors.
The main event is the exhibition which presents the latest developments in nuclear power and industry. Apart from nuclear giants such as KazAtomProm NAC JSC and GKAE RosAtom, other exhibitors include leading Kazakh, Russian and foreign nuclear companies and partners, plus suppliers of equipment, goods and services.
The Forum’s conference aims to discuss methodological, technical, environmental and social aspects of current use of nuclear power, as well as the development of the nuclear industry in Kazakhstan. Participants include more than 70 delegates from France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Ukraine, Russia and, of course, Kazakhstan. More than 20 reports will be presented and discussed. Special attention will be paid to issues associated with construction of nuclear power stations in Kazakhstan.
Conference speakers include representatives from the Ministry of Industry & New Technologies, KazAtomProm NAC JSC, the Committee for Nuclear Power, WM Mining Company, French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN), MAEK-KazAtomProm LLP, NOU Central Institute of In-Service Training, GUP MosNPO Radon, Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering OJSC, EKOMET-S CJSC, RGP National Nuclear Centre of Kazakhstan, etc..
"A sustainable economic growth in Kazakhstan, a dynamic and intensive development of the nuclear industry, as well as investors' interest in the region, allowed for a new international project - KazAtomExpo 2010 Forum," says Gulzana Akhmetova, the event’s Project Manager.
BACKGROUND
Kazakhstan holds the world's second largest uranium reserves (about 19% of the world's explored reserves). In 2009, the republic became the world's No. 1 uranium producer (producing more than 14,000 tons).
The State programme on industrial development of Kazakhstan for 2010-2014 has a section on nuclear industry development which includes establishment of a complete vertically integrated complex of the nuclear fuel cycle. To achieve the goal, appropriate activities are carried out to create all missing links of the nuclear fuel cycle - uranium conversion and concentration plus fuel assembly production.
"By 2020, Kazakhstan plans to commission one nuclear power station," says Duisenbai Turganov, Vice Minister of Industry & New Technologies. "The active interest of enterprises in KazAtomExpo demonstrates leading positions of Kazakhstan's nuclear industry in the world, the interest in further outlooks for development of its production capacity and scientific resources, investment plans, and prospects of international cooperation".
|
|
| Author(s) : |
|
| Date : |
19/05/2010 |
|
|
|
|