World Nuclear Association signs MoU with Uzatom in Uzbekistan to promote nuclear energy co-operation

Dr Sama Bilbao y Leon, Director General of World Nuclear Association, attended the inaugural Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes in Sustainable Development of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States conference on 5 December in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to promote nuclear energy co-operation.

On the 5th December 2024 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzatom) and World Nuclear Association.  This was signed by Akhmedkhadjaev Azim Israilovich, Director of Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Dr Sama Bilbao y León on behalf of World Nuclear Association.

The purpose of this MoU with Uzatom is to promote bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear energy industry between the parties and focuses on the exchange of information, collaboration and co-operation for the promotion of nuclear power as well as for nuclear energy education and training.

This builds on the agreement to adopt a joint road-map on expanding multidimensional cooperation in peaceful atom development between the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, on 4th December 2024.