Kazakhstan, Russia to establish joint venture on uranium enrichment

Kazakhstan, Astana, June 8 / Trend D. Mukhtarov / Kazakhstan and Russia will begin producing enriched uranium in the Russian city of Novouralsk in the future, "Rosatom" head Sergey Kiriyenko told media today. "We already have a joint international center with Kazakhstan, but it supports the nonproliferation regime," he said. "Our joint work is underway to establish another commercial center for uranium enrichment. Its task is to reach a certain level of 5 million units." He said that first, it was planned to establish this center in Angarsk, but the Kazakh side expressed its desire to create it at the Russian plant in Novouralsk. "This is a modern enterprise," he said. "It is more powerful and promising. We agreed with Kazakh partners." He added that physical production will be possible next year. Kazakhstan will also receive services from the uranium enrichment from the joint venture in Novouralsk. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az