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UNCLAS ASTANA 000190 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN (O'MARA) 
DOE/NNSA FOR C. KENNEDY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN PREPARING FOR BN-350 TALKS 
 
REF: A. ASTANA 93 B. STATE 4791 
 
¶1. Poloff passed the draft agenda for January 24-25 BN-350 
spent fuel program senior policy group discussions to Timur 
Zhantikin, Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee Chairman, and 
to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources on January 
¶19.  Zhantikin promised to provide his comments on the agenda 
by January 22.  He also told Poloff that the relevant 
Kazakhstani authorities continue to review the Terms of 
Reference. 
 
¶2. On January 12, Almaz Tulebayev, Ministry of Energy and 
Natural Resources, passed to Poloff a list of the Kazakhstani 
officials who will participate in the BN-350 talks.  The 
following officials will participate: 
 
- Timur Zhantikin, Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee Chairman 
- Sergey Savelyev, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of 
International Organizations, Deputy Director 
- Talgat Nurpeisov, Ministry of Internal Affairs, 
Administrative Police Committee, Deputy Chairman 
- Amangeldy Syzdykov, Ministry of Environmental Protection, 
Environmental Control Committee, Deputy Chairman 
- Almaz Tulebayev, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, 
Department of Nuclear Energy, Director 
- Yevgeniy Ryaskov, Department of Technological Development 
and Public Assets Management, Deputy Director 
- Bakhyt Shaykhislamova, Ministry of Energy and Natural 
Resources, Head of External Relations Office of Nuclear 
Energy Department 
- Kuanysh Isayev, Deputy Head of Office of Committee of 
National Security 
- Anuar Zhumagaliyev, Ministry of Energy and Natural 
Resources, Head of Nuclear Energy Section of Department of 
Nuclear Energy and External Relations 
- Boris Redkin, Head of Section of Committee of State Control 
over Emergency Situations and Industrial Security 
- Sergey Yashin, Vice-President of NAK Kazatomprom JV 
- Kairat Kadyrzhanov, General Director of National Nuclear 
Center 
 
¶3. Tulebayev also told Poloff that the Kazakhstanis are 
prepared to host the talks at the Ministry of Energy and 
Natural Resources. 
MILAS