Research Plan for Kazakh Tokamak Approved
back to contentsThe meeting approved an updated plan of material tests and research to be conducted in Kazakhstan’s tokamak. In June 2017, the country completed the first phase of the tokamak’s startup with the active assistance of Rosatom. The plan is to reach a standard operating mode in November 2017. The parties also agreed to Kazakhstan’s proposal to include its legacy uranium mining facilities into the CIS Uranium Mining Site Rehabilitation Program. Another item on the agenda was a draft agreement to implement a joint initiative of using Yttrium-90 generators to produce this isotope for pharmaceutical purposes. The draft was approved in general, and the working group was tasked to develop a roadmap for the project.