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A workshop on the nuclear fuel cycle services development in the context of the global nuclear power structure was held in Moscow on April 18-19. The event was organized by the State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM and the U.S. Department of Energy. The workshop goal was to discuss cooperation paths under Element 3 «Development of the Framework for Global Civil Nuclear Power» and Element 13 «International Framework of Cooperation in Civil Nuclear Power» of the Action Plan of the Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Security Working Group of the Russia-U.S. bilateral presidential commission and the plan of the Nuclear Power subgroup of the same Working Group.

On April 4-6 the IUEC participated in the III International Exhibition “Atomic Energy Industry and Nuclear Power Industry“ - KazAtomExpo 2012, which was held in the Exhibition Center Korme in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. At the exhibition the IUEC highlighted two areas of its activity: the Fuel Bank (guaranteed reserve of low enriched uranium (LEU)) and guaranteed supplies to the shareholders. The display included pictures of equipment and monitoring systems used for the purposes of the IAEA safeguards. Also, the exhibition guests were shown a video on the inauguration of the guaranteed reserve under the IAEA safeguards on the IUEC site in Angarsk.