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BISHKEK (TCA) — Resolving the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia is becoming urgent, and further action is needed to prevent the release of radioactive and toxic waste not only locally but also to protect transboundary rivers from pollution. It will protect the Fergana Valley, which is of high significance for the economic development of the region, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on May 28. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Project results have been finalised containing detailed plans for the sustainable remediation of the uranium mining and processing legacy sites at Degmay and Istiklol in Tajikistan. It is now clear what type of work needs to be done to effectively improve the situation for the local population and to stop spreading the contamination, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan has said. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and the Government of Uzbekistan have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement. Rosatom said the agreement was signed by the company’s Director General Alexey Likhachev and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Nodir Otazhonov on December 29. “The agreement paves the way for bilateral cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan in many aspects of civil nuclear energy. The collaboration could include creation and development of infrastructure in Uzbekistan, training, construction of nuclear power plants and research reactors, as well as operational and maintenance support during their life cycle,” Rosatom said in a statement. The Russian company also said the agreement could also cover “exploration and mining of uranium, handling of uranium waste and the production of radioisotopes for use in medicine, agriculture and academic research.” Likhachev said that Rosatom was ready to build a two-unit nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan and has offered to start training Uzbek nuclear experts-to-be at Moscow's expense beginning in September 2018, RFE/RL reported. In early November, during a visit to Tashkent by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a memorandum on cooperation between Rosatom and Uzbekistan's Academy of Science was signed, along with an agreement on production and provision of nuclear fuel by Uzbekistan for Rosatom.
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom, the world leader in the extraction of natural uranium, and Canada-based Cameco Corporation on December 11 announced the completion of JV Inkai LLP’s restructuring. The CEO of Kazatomprom Galymzhan Pirmatov, and the President and CEO of Cameco, Tim Gitzel, signed the documents at a ceremony in London required to complete the restructuring outlined in the May 2016 Implementation Agreement between Kazatomprom, Cameco and Inkai. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s national atomic company Kazatomprom, the world leader in the extraction of natural uranium, on December 4 announced its intention to reduce planned uranium production by 20% in order to better align its output with demand. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A high-level event in New York on September 21 in the presence of Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev, EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete and the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser under the headline “People and Planet: Central Asia calls for international solidarity” in the margins of the current UN General Assembly highlighted the danger for the environment and the health of the population, especially in the Ferghana valley where 14 million people live and which is spread across eastern Uzbekistan, southern Kyrgyzstan, and northern Tajikistan, the EBRD press office reported. Continue reading
