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28 October 2010 - 8:45PM
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JSC National Atomic Co. Kazatomprom
28 October 2010
Paris
PRESS-RELEASE
KAZATOMPROM strengthenS ITS cooperation WITH EUROPEAN PARTNERS
During the official visit of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Republic
of Kazakhstan, to France, a number of documents on cooperation have been signed
between JSC "National Atomic Company "Kazatomprom" and the European partners.
The Agreement on joint research work in the field of solar energy (PV) has been
signed between JSC "NAC "Kazatomprom" and the Atomic and Alternative Energies
Commission (France) (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies
alternatives ("CEA").
JSC "NAC "Kazatomprom" and the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (Bureau
de recherches geologiques et minieres ("BRGM") have signed the Memorandum on
establishing the joint Kazakh-French scientific laboratory of rare and
rare-earth metals. For Kazakhstan, development of REM deposits and production
based thereon is a new trend of the country's industrial and innovative
development which allows the Republic of Kazakhstan to have a high-value-added
production and occupy its own niche in REM emerging market.
JSC "NAC "Kazatomprom" and the European Company of Monitoring and Strategic
Consulting («CEIS») have signed the Memorandum on organization of higher
education and advanced training for the personnel of Kazakhstan nuclear
industry. Kazakhstan atomists are supposed to get education and training at
French leading enterprises on such qualifications as mining industry, nuclear
physics, metallurgy, chemistry of uranium compounds, fuel technology, and
nuclear power plants design and construction.
Another agreement has been signed between the Nuclear Society of Kazakhstan and
the Societe Française d'Energie Nucleaire. The public organizations that unite
the atomists of two countries have agreed to strengthen the scientific and
technological cooperation for the purpose of peaceful development of nuclear
power and technologies in both countries.
Stages of cooperation in nuclear fuel industry
Kazakh-French cooperation in the field of nuclear power began in 1996 when the
first intergovernmental agreements on joint uranium mining in the Southern
Kazakhstan region were signed. In that year, Kazakh-French joint venture "KATCO"
was established, with ???V? (France) and JSC "NAC "Kazatomprom" (Kazakhstan) as
founders.
Today we can speak on the full-scale cooperation: mining (two countries account
for approximately 30% of the world's uranium production), uranium processing and
nuclear fuel production now.
On October 6, 2009, in Astana during the official visit of the President of
France, Nicolas Sarkozy, to Kazakhstan, the Agreement on establishment of
Kazakh-French joint venture on nuclear fuel marketing for nuclear power plants,
"IFASTAR" (Integrated Fuel Asia Star), was signed. The JV's main objective was
to conduct the feasibility study for construction including design of fuel
assemblies production line, and evaluation of the Asian target market as to the
sale of integrated fuel packages to utilities operating in Asia. Feasibility
Study development had been completed, and based thereon, in Paris, on October
27, 2010, the decision was made to establish, on the basis of AREVA project, a
joint venture on fuel assemblies production in Kazakhstan based on Ulba
Metallurgical Plant.
JSC "NAC "KAZATOMPROM" is a national operator of the Republic of Kazakhstan for
import and export of uranium and its compounds, rare metals, nuclear fuel for
nuclear power plants, special equipment, technologies and dual-use materials.
The Company's main activities include geological exploration, uranium
production, output of nuclear fuel cycle products, construction of reactors and
nuclear power plants, non-ferrous metallurgy and production of construction
materials, power industry, science, social welfare and personnel training. At
present, over 26,000 people are employed by the Company. Kazatomprom is one of
the top uranium world producers.
www.kazatomprom.kz
Contact details for investors (Eurobonds):
Meirzhan Yussupov
Head of Treasury
?el:. +7 /727/ 258 39 05
?el../Fax: +7 /727/ 250 35 41
e-mail: myussupov@kazatomprom.kz
Meruyert Bekturganova
Treasury
?el:. +7 /727/ 258 39 05
?el../Fax: +7 /727/ 250 35 41
e-mail: mbekturganova@kazatomprom.kz
This information is provided by RNS
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