Nuclear Security Training Center (NSTC) of Kazakhstan is currently under construction and will enter into operation by the end of 2016. This June, the International Science and Technology Center coordinated the visit of a Kazakhstan delegation, headed by Mr. Shaldybayev Marat, Head of Nuclear Security Department, Kazakhstan Committee for Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control, to Japan to tour the Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and discuss best practices for managing and operating a nuclear security training center. In addition, opportunities for future cooperation, including capacity building for NSTC’s instructors with support from the ISCN, were discussed. The visit was supported by ISTC.

The talks were conducted between the Kazakhstan delegation (the committee for Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control; Institute of Nuclear Physics), US Department Of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) represented by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and representatives of ISCN of JAEA on June 7-8 2016 in Tokai-mura.  The talks included topics such as “Experience of Operation and Personnel Management on Capacity Building Support (CBS) Activities in ISCN”, and “Development of Training Curriculum in Nuclear Security and Safeguards”. Additionally, opportunities for future cooperation amongst the Kazakhstan NSTC, the ISCN and DOE/NNSA were discussed. The Kazakhstan delegation also visited the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on June 9.