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Signing of the memorandum with the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Kazakhstan for cooperation in future education support in the field of high temperature gas-cooled reactor technologies

Oct. 9, 2008

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (President Toshio Okazaki, JAEA) and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Rector Bakytzhan Zhumagulov, KNU) signed the memorandum for cooperation in future education support in the field of high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) technologies on October 9th in 2008.

HTGRs have excellent features in safety and economy despite of its small scale. Additionally, HTGRs contribute to create new industry such as hydrogen production without emission of carbon dioxide etc., and to reduce greenhouse gases. Japan is receiving particular attention as a leading country in these HTGRs technologies in the world.

JAEA and Atomic Energy Committee of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KAEC) have been exploring the possibility of the cooperation for the information exchange on safety research regarding the HTGR based on the �Memorandum between the JAEA and the KAEC for the Information Exchange on Safety Research regarding the HTGR� (http://www.jaea.go.jp/02/press2008/p08060901/index.html).

Under exploring the possibility of the cooperation, KAEC asked JAEA�s support because the education on HTGR technologies is urgent to promote the research and development of HTGR in Republic of Kazakhstan. Following that request, JAEA start the discussion on education support in the field of HTGR technologies with KNU as a representative institution of higher education in Republic of Kazakhstan.

As the result of discussion, KNU and JAEA reached common recognition that education support in the field of HTGR technologies is expected to be successful and beneficial to both parties. Then, in this time, both parties signed the memorandum on cooperation in future education support.

Hereafter, JAEA will dispatch its experts to the KNU to support lectures in the KNU, on an unclassified basis, on HTGR technologies. Both parties will start to explore the possibility of undertaking the cooperation on education support in the field of HTGR technologies.

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