International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Pays Visit To Uzbekistan
Date
12/4/2024 2:18:28 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, December 4. Director
General of the International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael
Grossi has arrived in Uzbekistan for a two-day official visit, the
statement of the Agency for Development of Atomic Energy under the
Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan ("Uzatom") said,
Trend reports.
Earlier, Uzatom announced active preparations for the visit of
IAEA Director General to Uzbekistan to ensure successful meetings
and strengthen bilateral cooperation.
Furthermore, the director of the Atomic Energy Agency under the
Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, Azim Akhmedkhajayev, met with
Rafael Grossi in Vienna in September.
In the course of the meeting, the sides discussed key issues of
nuclear energy development in Uzbekistan, including the
reorganization of Uzatom and the project for the construction of a
small modular nuclear power plant.
The IAEA was established in 1957 to address the profound
anxieties and anticipations arising from the discoveries and
various applications of nuclear technology. The Agency was
established following U.S. President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace"
speech to the United Nations General Assembly on December 8,
1953.
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