About the Committee

     The Committee of Atomic Energy of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the legal successor of the Atomic Energy Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan established in 1992.

     In accordance with its Status the Committee executes control and supervision in the field of safety provision in peaceful use of atomic energy. Hence the main tasks of the Committee are regulation of the safety issues, supervision over the nuclear and radiation safety and nuclear  security and also provision of the regime of nuclear weapons nonproliferation in atomic energy use activities.

     The state licensing performed by the Committee is one of the ways to provide the safety of the nuclear activities in Kazakhstan. Licensing is performed with the aim to ensure execution of the legislation requirements, safety standards and rules in the field of atomic energy peaceful use.

     The licensing of any activity related to atomic energy use is a must and unlicensed activity in this field is punished by the state.

     The approved Rules of licensing are one of Committee’s anti-corruption activities describing the order and terms of licensing procedures including the work with received license applications, their preliminary and final processing, conclusion on application and license issue in case of positive conclusion on application. Any attempt of illegal charging, assistance in registration of Committee`s license or other illegal activities undertaken by either its staff and outside organizations or individuals shall be immediately reported to Committee’s administration.

     The matters of Committee`s work are related to its primary functions implementation:
     - the nuclear and radiation safety;
     - nuclear security including physical protection of nuclear and other radioactive materials, nuclear facilities, transport, combating illicit trafficking of the nuclear and other radioactive materials, preventing potential acts of nuclear terrorism (within the competence of the Committee);
     - emergency readiness and emergency response measures including international and interstate cooperation in case of any transboundary nuclear or radiological incidents;
     - staff training and staff certification in organizations engaged in nuclear or potentially dangerous radioactive activities;
     - researches sponsoring to prove the nuclear activities safety;
     - international cooperation within the Committee`s competence sphere.

     The Committee is responsible for maintenance of state systems for accountancy of nuclear materials and radiation sources. All Committee`s Licensees shall regularly provide data regarding to the presence and circulation of relevant materials and sources which are in their balance. The national chart of radiation sources is compiled on the basis of provided data after the verification.  The data on nuclear materials quantity are used to maintain the chart and nuclear materials circulation record in the zones of material balance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The reports concerning the nuclear materials presence and circulation are regularly submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to implement the Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan and IAEA with regard to safeguards application in connection with Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Agreement which came into force on August, 1995. The Additional Protocol to the above Agreement came into force in 2007 and the Committee is also in charge of its implementation.

     RK is a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The legislation, standards and rules of republican nuclear export control correspond to all NSG recommendations. All nuclear export and import applications shall be agreed by the Committee – the license is issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. It shall be noted that sale of nuclear or other radioactive materials and radiation sources is to be licensed.

     Committee’s staff number is 24 persons including the Committee`s Chairman and two his Deputies. There are three departments in the Committee  – Department of Supervision and Analysis, Licensing Department and Department of Material Control and Nuclear Security.