VШ International Conference “Semipalatinsk Test Site: Legacy and Prospects of Scientific and Technical Potential Development” is being held in Kurchatov

Semey.11.09.”Semeyainasy” — Today in Kurchatov, VIII International Conference “Semipalatinsk Test Site: Legacy and Prospect of Scientific-Technical Potential Development” is opened. Scientific forum this year is devoted to two jubilees: 60th anniversary of the Institute of Atomic Energy (IAE), and 25th anniversary of the Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology (IRSE) entering to the membership of RSE National Nuclear Center of RK. The Conference is attended by specialists in the field of nuclear power engineering from France, Germany, Russia, China, Japan, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan.

The opening address of the International Scientific Conference was opened by Erlan Batyrbekov, Director-General of RSE “National Nuclear Center”.  Danial Akhmetov, Mayor of East-Kazakhstan, and Kanat Bozumbayev, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, congratulated participants of the forum with welcome messages.

Within three days - from 11 to 13 September - nuclear scientists will hold plenary and breakout sessions to discuss the achievements of different countries in the field of radiation ecology and medicine, as well as current trends and prospects of nuclear research facilities. There will also be some 80-poster papers in both sections, written by scientists from Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Hungary and Kyrgyzstan, in addition to the countries already mentioned.

Within the conference program, the excursion tours will be conducted to reactor complexes, “Experimental field”, “Atomic Lake”, STS and NNC RK museums, IRSE laboratories and Tokamak KTM.

Author: Leila Urazbayeva

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