MOSCOW, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - A report and draft timetable on collaboration between the Russian and Kazakh nuclear sectors was forwarded Monday to the two countries' governments for consideration, Russia's federal nuclear agency said.
The plan covers Russian-Kazakh uranium production cooperation in 2006-2007, the development of a uranium ore deposit at Zarechnoye in south Kazakhstan that has estimated reserves of 19,000 metric tons, as well as new deposits, innovation projects and uranium supplies to world markets.
"After the timetable is approved, the sides will begin practical implementation of uranium production projects," a statement from Techsnabexport, the Russian state-controlled uranium supplier and provider of uranium enrichment services, said.
A Russian-Kazakh working group for cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear power was established in early 2006 and its first meeting took place in Moscow on March 16-17.
Techsnabexport has a 49.33% stake in a joint venture set up in 2004 in the south of mineral-rich Kazakhstan. The company provides about 35% of global uranium supplies and plans to expand its operations into the Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.
