The mission will be attended by 12 international experts. Specialists from ministries and agencies involved in the creation of a nuclear energy program in the country are to take part in the event from the Uzbek side.
During the INIR mission, IAEA experts will consider a report prepared by the Uzbek side on the development of all areas of nuclear infrastructure, as well as meetings in the format of interviews with Uzbek specialists in each area. Experts will consider issues such as training in nuclear power, accident management, emergency preparedness and response, public relations, radiation safety, legal framework, state policy in nuclear energy and others. Following the visit, the representatives of the Agency will prepare a corresponding report.
On June 1, IAEA Deputy Director General Mikhail Chudakov will join the work of the mission. During his stay in Uzbekistan, it is planned to sign an Agreement on the participation of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan in the Agency’s Internet Reactor Laboratory project, as well as meetings with students of the Tashkent branch of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI).