Nuclear Safety Brings America Into Russia's Uzbek Energy Project
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Meeting on the sidelines of the recent general conference session of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, US and Uzbek officialssigned a memorandum of understandingcovering monitoring, safe operations and disaster response.
The memo additionally contains provisions to enable US technical assistance to improve regulatory guidelines and training programs.
“The memorandum will expand the exchange of information and experience between the regulatory authorities of the two countries and contribute to ensuring safety in the peaceful use of nuclear energy,” according to astatementissued by Uzbekistan’s Committee on Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety.
Uzbek nuclear officials also held talks with their Russian counterparts amid the IAEA gathering.
Curiously, no memos or agreements resulted from the meeting.
An Uzbekstatementnoted that the ongoing bilateral dialogue enables “the advancement of statutory inspection methodologies, and the rigorous enforcement of safety requirements across all stages of NPP design, construction, and operation.” The US-Uzbek memo offers fresh evidence that Uzbekistan islosing faithin the Russian state-controlled entity Rosatom to fulfill its obligations to build the Central Asian state’s first nuclear cluster, comprising two large-scale reactors and two small modular types.
Construction has faced delays amid speculation about Rosatom’s financial health.
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