OREANDA-NEWS. April 20, 2015. The 6th Kazakhstan International Nuclear Power Engineering & Industry Exhibition and Conference - KazAtomExpo 2015 was opened in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Among the attendees were Mr. G.T. Dugalov, Vice-Chairman of Committee of Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Ministry of the Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. Sh.A. Urazalinov, Chairman of the Kazakhstan Electric Power Association, Mr. S.Y. Radaev, Director of Technical Regulation  Department of  the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. M.N. Bocharnikov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Mr. V.E. Ryabov, Rosatom’s representative in Kazakhstan.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. V.E. Ryabov as Rosatom’s representative  pointed out that cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan in the nuclear area has long-established good traditions. ‘Today we are on the threshold of a new partnership stage that is a nuclear power plant construction in the country. We hope that the corresponding agreement will be signed in the nearest future’, he said. Mr. V.E. Ryabov also reminded of the NPP earlier constructed in the city of Aktau that was under successful operation for more than 30 years, providing the region with energy, heat and fresh water. This NPP demonstrated high efficiency and reliability.  

Rosatom is participating in the exhibition with a combined exposition of the product and service range of Russian nuclear power generation complex: Atomenergoprom JSC; the United company NIAEP-ASE-AEP; Rosenergoatom Concern; Atomproekt JSC; the Machinostroitelny Zavod" (part of TVEL JSC); the International Uranium Enrichment Center; N.L. Dokhov VNIIA.

On the first day of the Conference, Mr. D.Y. Demidov, Head of Multi-DImplementation Department at the integrated company NIAEP JSC – ASE JSC – AEP JSC made his speech. The presentation was devoted to the Multi-D technology and its application in constructing complex engineering facilities. The technology focuses on optimization of construction and installation being based on detailed planning of the operation sequence. The main objective in using the Multi-D technology is the reduction of the NPP construction time. Thus, the application of this technology made it possible to considerably reduce the construction time for Rostov NPP Unit 3.

At the end of May, 2014, Russia and Kazakhstan signed the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in construction of an NPP. The Project includes a power plant with a water moderated water cooled reactors with the installed capacity from 300MW to 1200 MW. According to the said document the Parties also wish to cooperate in the NPP fuel supply area with possible fabrication of the fuel or its components on the territory of Kazakhstan in production cooperation between the Parties.