US hand over special vehicle to Uzbekistan

The ceremony of handing over of the equipment was held at Uzbekistan’s Institute of Nuclear Physics. It was attended by representatives from the U.S. Embassy’s Export and Related Border Security Office (EXBS) and the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration/

The vehicle’s deployment is the result of yet another successful cooperative effort between the United States and Uzbekistan to reduce the risks posed by radiological and nuclear materials, the US Embassy in Tashkent said.

With the addition of this cargo vehicle, the national radioactive waste disposal facility has an increased capacity to further protect the people of Uzbekistan by employing a more secure means of transporting potentially hazardous material.

The U.S. Department of Energy and EXBS work with partners in the Republic of Uzbekistan such as the Radiation Safety Center to protect and remove vulnerable nuclear and radiological materials as part of a shared effort to eliminate threats posed by these potentially harmful materials.