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05ALMATY415
2005-02-04 07:24:00
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US Office Almaty
Cable title:
KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER SHKOLNIK'S RESPONSE ON BN-350
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UNCLAS ALMATY 000415
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN (JMUDGE),EUR/PRA (JCONLON)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP KZ PARM ECONOMIC
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER SHKOLNIK'S RESPONSE ON BN-350
LETTER
REF: 12/14/04 O'MARA-MENNUTI EMAIL
UNCLAS ALMATY 000415
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN (JMUDGE),EUR/PRA (JCONLON)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP KZ PARM ECONOMIC
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER SHKOLNIK'S RESPONSE ON BN-350
LETTER
REF: 12/14/04 O'MARA-MENNUTI EMAIL
1. (SBU) In response to the Ambassador's December 20 letter
to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Shkolnik (ref),
post received a reply under cover of a January 14 diplomatic
note from the MFA. Informal embassy translation of letter
follows:
Letter no. 10-01-134 dated January 11, 2005
His Excellency
Ambassador of the United States to Kazakhstan
Mr. John Ordway
Your Excellency:
In reference to your letter related to the project of storage
of the spent fuel from the BN-350 reactor, I inform you that
we are now working to solve the problem of transmission of
the preliminary project of physical protection of the BN-350
complex in Aktau to the American partners.
As you know, there is a list of secret information in
Kazakhstani legislation, including data on physical
protection system of nuclear facilities. But we also have
the procedures for transmitting such information to our
country-partners' organizations participating in joint
projects. Unfortunately, some time is needed to meet these
procedures, but it can't be the obstacle to continuing our
work. We are sure that you understand the requirement of the
Law related to the information about the physical protection
system of nuclear facilities.
The problem is that the Agreement about Control, Accounting
and Physical Protection of Nuclear Material of 1993, cited by
you, does not directly address the transmission of
information concerning physical security of nuclear
facilities and therefore cannot be used as a legal basis for
transferring this data. But from our side, we assure you
that we will take all the measures to facilitate the process
of obtaining the necessary authorization to convey the
information on the project of physical protection storage in
Aktau. I think that the issue of physical protection in the
Working Group will not affect the continuing work of putting
the BN-350 reaction out of operation.
Sincerely,
/signed/
Minister V. Shkolnik
2. (SBU) A scanned copy of dip note and Shkolnik letter was
emailed to EUR/CACEN and EUR/PRA on January 26. Please note
that this translation is more accurate. Post would
appreciate Department's assessment of the potential impact of
this GOK position on the BN-350 project.
NNNN
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN (JMUDGE),EUR/PRA (JCONLON)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP KZ PARM ECONOMIC
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER SHKOLNIK'S RESPONSE ON BN-350
LETTER
REF: 12/14/04 O'MARA-MENNUTI EMAIL
1. (SBU) In response to the Ambassador's December 20 letter
to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Shkolnik (ref),
post received a reply under cover of a January 14 diplomatic
note from the MFA. Informal embassy translation of letter
follows:
Letter no. 10-01-134 dated January 11, 2005
His Excellency
Ambassador of the United States to Kazakhstan
Mr. John Ordway
Your Excellency:
In reference to your letter related to the project of storage
of the spent fuel from the BN-350 reactor, I inform you that
we are now working to solve the problem of transmission of
the preliminary project of physical protection of the BN-350
complex in Aktau to the American partners.
As you know, there is a list of secret information in
Kazakhstani legislation, including data on physical
protection system of nuclear facilities. But we also have
the procedures for transmitting such information to our
country-partners' organizations participating in joint
projects. Unfortunately, some time is needed to meet these
procedures, but it can't be the obstacle to continuing our
work. We are sure that you understand the requirement of the
Law related to the information about the physical protection
system of nuclear facilities.
The problem is that the Agreement about Control, Accounting
and Physical Protection of Nuclear Material of 1993, cited by
you, does not directly address the transmission of
information concerning physical security of nuclear
facilities and therefore cannot be used as a legal basis for
transferring this data. But from our side, we assure you
that we will take all the measures to facilitate the process
of obtaining the necessary authorization to convey the
information on the project of physical protection storage in
Aktau. I think that the issue of physical protection in the
Working Group will not affect the continuing work of putting
the BN-350 reaction out of operation.
Sincerely,
/signed/
Minister V. Shkolnik
2. (SBU) A scanned copy of dip note and Shkolnik letter was
emailed to EUR/CACEN and EUR/PRA on January 26. Please note
that this translation is more accurate. Post would
appreciate Department's assessment of the potential impact of
this GOK position on the BN-350 project.
NNNN