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Monday, 20 September 2004
KAZAKHSTAN TO EXPORT 1,000 TONNES OF URANIUM TO S.KOREA ANNUALLY
By empty (9/20/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kazakhstan will export 1,000 tonnes of uranium ore to South Korea per year, 8under the terms of an inter-governmental agreement signed on Monday. The deal on cooperation on the peaceful uses of atomic energy was signed in Astana, following talks between Kazakh and South Korean presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Roh Moo Hyun. Nazarbayev said at a news conference after the signing ceremony that South Korean nuclear power plants generate 40% of electricity in that country.
Kazakhstan will export 1,000 tonnes of uranium ore to South Korea per year, 8under the terms of an inter-governmental agreement signed on Monday. The deal on cooperation on the peaceful uses of atomic energy was signed in Astana, following talks between Kazakh and South Korean presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Roh Moo Hyun. Nazarbayev said at a news conference after the signing ceremony that South Korean nuclear power plants generate 40% of electricity in that country. Roh Moo Hyun said in turn that interest in Kazakhstan has increased in South Korea, \"due to its rapid economic growth and political stability.\" (Interfax-Kazakhstan)