Almasadam Satkaliyev, chairman of Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency, met Shauna Jane Wilson, deputy assistant secretary of state for security assistance programs at the US Department of State.
The sides discussed prospects for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), strengthening scientific and technical capacity, and training specialists.
They also focused on the FIRST (Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology) programme. It carries out technical and economic assessments of SMR technologies to examine prospects for their use in Kazakhstan.
