Uzbekistan to create Radiation Security Center

According to the governmental resolution, Institute of Nuclear Physics of Uzbekistan Science Academy will be abolished.

Radiation Security Center will cooperate with the IAEA on the decommissioning of nuclear reactors of the Nuclear Physics Institute in accordance with international safety standards.

The Center will also ensure storage, utilization and liquidation of storage of radioactive materials in the territory of Uzbekistan.

New center will execute works, related to ensuring nuclear and radiation security in Uzbekistan. It will conduct examination of sources of ionizing radiation, used in the country, their maintenance and disposal.