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Belarus maintains international cooperation in the field of nuclear and radiation safety regulation in bilateral and multilateral formats. Belarus and the IAEA signed a cooperation framework until 2027.
Oleg Zhenov remarked that in 2014-2019 specialists, who had previously worked in heat energy industry, were trained to work at the Belarusian nuclear power plant. As many as 80 people were retrained in Russian universities – in Ivanovo and Obninsk. “At present many of them occupy executive positions,” the official pointed out.
The participants of the meeting agreed to set up a joint coordinating group to implement the outlined tasks.
“These partnerships are placing at the IAEA’s disposal a broadened pool of support,” said Massimo Aparo, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards.
To complement the longstanding support from its Member States, the IAEA is now broadening its range of partners in support of its nuclear verification