On February 6-8, 2018, the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan was visited by the delegation of the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Lanzhou), managed by the Director of the Institute, Professor Xiao Guoqing, to discuss the opportunities for cooperation between the scientists of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the People’s Republic of China in peaceful use of atomic energy.

In the course of the visit, the meeting was held with the participation of senior management and leading experts of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, where both sides provided their presentations on the activity areas of the organizations. IMP representatives visited the main scientific departments of RSE INP and jointly with their Kazakh colleagues discussed the possible areas of cooperation in nuclear physics, radiation materials science, nuclear medicine, technologies, and the issues related to participation of Kazakh and Chinese scientists in joint research projects, as well as training of Masters and PhD Doctors.

Following the discussion, the parties signed the Memorandum of Understanding on scientific cooperation between two institutions. The Memorandum includes the following areas of cooperation:
◦joint implementation of experiments and research projects;
◦mutual exchange of scientific and technical personnel;
◦mutual exchange of scientific and technical information, and the scientific equipment;
◦exchange of Masters and PhD Doctors students.
 

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