In December 2009 Kazakhstan
proclaimed its readiness to host an International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) on
its territory and ensure its proper storage. Later, on the 29th of
July 2011 the Republic of Kazakhstan has submitted an official application to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for becoming a receiving party of the
International Bank of low-enriched uranium.
It is planned to establish
the INBF on the basis of the Ulbinsk Metallurgical Plan (Ust-Kamenogorsk city),
which has the governmental license for handling nuclear materials, including
their sale, processing, storage and transportation.
One of the blocks of the
warehousing for the plant products (where low-enriched uranium is already
stored) is supposed to be used for the INFB.
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| The building that is supposed to be used for storage of low-enriched uranium |
