Rosatom and the National Council for Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of Cambodia signed a Memorandum of cooperation for the peaceful uses of atomic energy

Press release

Published November 26th, 2015 - 11:30 GMT

ROSATOM

On 24th of November 2015 in the city of Phnom Penh, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Chairman of the National Council for Sustainable Development of Kingdom of Cambodia Sai Samal and the Deputy Director General of ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation Nikolai Spasskiy signed a Memorandum of cooperation for the peaceful uses of atomic energy. The document was signed in the presence of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and his counterpart Hun Sen during the visit of Russian Prime Minister to Cambodia.

The memorandum involves the following areas of cooperation between the parties: cooperation in the area of engineering, construction and operation of nuclear research center on the basis of multiple research reactors; basic and applied research; nuclear and radiation safety, use of radioisotopes and radiation technologies and their application in industry, medicine, agriculture and other fields; education and personnel training.

The Memorandum envisages the formation of a work team to determine specific projects contributing to the implementation of the collaboration. The parties also agreed to hold plan for development and signing of intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of atomic energy for peaceful uses.

Background Information

ROSATOM

The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM is one of the global technological leaders. The company has assets and competencies to work at all stages of the nuclear production chain from uranium mining to decommissioning of nuclear facilities and spent nuclear fuel management.ROSATOM brings together about 400 enterprises and organizations, including the world's only nuclear icebreaker fleet. It is the largest electricity generating company in Russia, accounting for 18.7% of the country’s total generation of electricity. ROSATOM is the third in the world in nuclear power generation.The corporation is the global leader in simultaneous implementation of NPP power units and has the largest portfolio of foreign construction projects (36 NPP units in 12 countries). ROSATOM manufactures equipment and produces isotopes for nuclear medicine, carries out research and material studies. It also assembles supercomputers and designs software as well as different nuclear and non-nuclear innovative products. The company has business ventures covering various clean energy projects, including wind energy. ROSATOM has second largest uranium reserves and 17% of the global nuclear fuel market.