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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on 28 July that work had started in the Kyrgyz Republic to overcome the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia, a former industrial centre during the Soviet period near the border with Uzbekistan. Despite the global disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic intense project preparations continued in recent months to deliver the start of the construction works on schedule, EBRD noted.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Saturday, 01 August 2020; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswork-begins-in-kyrgyz-republic-to-clean-up-soviet-era-uranium-8055807

Area served as important source for uranium in former Soviet Union The first remediation work will focus on the closure of six shafts in Shekaftar. Photo courtesy EBRD. Work has begun in the Kyrgyz Republic to overcome the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia with a groundbreaking ceremony in Shekaftar, a former industrial centre during the Soviet period near the border with Uzbekistan.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said intense project preparations continued in recent months to prepare for the start of construction work, despite global disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic

The first remediation work will focus on the closure of six shafts in Shekaftar and the relocation of five waste-rock dumps to an existing dump at a more remote location. Once a thriving community based on uranium mining, today Shekaftar has an unemployment rate of 70%.

The work is funded by the environmental remediation account for Central Asia (ERA), established and managed by the EBRD on behalf of international donors.

: Source: Nucnet

: Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020; Original article: nucnet.org/news/work-begins-to-overcome-uranium-mining-legacy-7-2-2020

US-based nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has received a patent from the Eurasian Patent Office for its innovative nuclear fuel assemblies. This is a divisional patent and covers an all-metal fuel assembly design with a mixed grid fuel rod arrangement inside the fuel assembly.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Tuesday, 09 June 2020; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-patents-lightbridge-7961460

Efforts to overcome the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia are making progress despite the global coronavirus pandemic, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2020; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuranium-mine-remediation-progresses-in-central-asia-7906783

The status of the mining and processing sites is degrading over time and monitoring and maintenance activities have ceased at many sites. Efforts to overcome the legacy of uranium mining in Central Asia are making progress despite the global coronavirus pandemic with work progressing in Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has said.

In Tajikistan, work on the preparation and eventual delivery of remediation can begin now that a framework agreement with the EBRD has entered into force. The document provides the legal basis for the implementation of projects in the country.

In another step towards implementation, a contract for remediation works in Shekaftar in the Kyrgyz Republic has been signed, the EBRD said.

The Shekaftar mining complex includes three closed mines and eight mining-waste disposal areas that contain about 700,000 cubic metres of waste from mining operations. Radioactive waste-rock dumps, scattered around the village and next to a school, pose a risk to public health.

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: Source: Nucnet

: Date: Tuesday, 05 May 2020; Original article: nucnet.org/news/ebrd-says-uranium-remediation-work-is-progressing-despite-pandemic-5-1-2020

Significant progress has been made in cleaning up some of the legacy waste from historic uranium mining in Central Asia, but much remains to be done, with additional donations from the international community needed to complete this vital remediation work, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Thursday, 14 November 2019; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Call-for-funds-to-progress-Central-Asian-legacy-cl

The Kyrgyz parliament on 31 October approved a bill banning the extraction of uranium and thorium. According to a parliamentary spokesman, 110 deputies out of 111 present voted for the adoption of the bill. The document has yet to be signed by the president of the country.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 06 November 2019; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskyrgyz-parliament-bans-uranium-and-thorium-mining-7487717

Energy ministers from across Central Asia today committed their countries to collaborating on meeting the United Nations' seventh Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which pledges 'affordable and clean energy' by 2030. The meeting is the first time they have come together to discuss the region's common energy challenges.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Saturday, 21 September 2019; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Central-Asia-commits-to-affordable-and-clean-energ

Uzbekistan's preparations to build its first nuclear power plant are gathering pace with a sense of making up for lost time. The Central Asian country became a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as long ago as 1994, has 50 years of experience in nuclear research and is the world's fifth biggest producer of uranium.