Kazakhstan to Ban Storage of Foreign Radioactive Waste

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s lower chamber of parliament, the Mazhilis, approved in the first reading a draft law on radioactive waste management that would establish a national operator responsible for handling radioactive waste and introduce a ban on importing and burying foreign radioactive waste in the country. According to Mazhilis deputy Yedil Zhanbyrshin, one of the… The post Kazakhstan to Ban Storage of Foreign Radioactive Waste appeared first on The Astana Times.