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Romania, Kazakhstan start talks over 10-year uranium supply agreement

June 5, 2025

Romania and Kazakhstan have started talks over a 10-year agreement between KazAtomProm and Nuclearelectrica on uranium supply, according to senior official with the Ministry of Energy Casian Nitulescu.He led, April 28-29, 2025, a team of the Ministry of Energy to a meeting of the Kazakhstan-Romania Energy Working Group in Astana, Kazakhstan."We had constructive talks with Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov, Deputy Energy Minister Ilyas Bakytzhan, Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko and Chairman of the Agency for Nuclear Development Almassadam Satkaliyev. We also had important meetings with the management of KazAtomProm. We discussed strengthening energy collaboration, supply security, tax policies with an impact on companies running on Kazakh capital in Romania and possible new business projects. A key point: the opening of discussions for a 10-year agreement between KazAtomProm and Nuclearelectrica on the supply of uranium,"Nitulescu writes in a social media post.He adds that Romania is also interested in the transfer of technology for beryllium processing, and KazAtomProm invited the Romanian side to visit the metallurgical plant in Ulba in July."An important step toward strengthening the Romanian-Kazakh energy cooperation," according to the official of the Ministry of Energy.The Romanian team also included Gelu Maracineanu, general manager of the Feldioara Uranium Concentrate Processing Plant - Nuclearelectrica, as well as the Romanian ambassador to Kazakhstan, Madalina Lupu.    

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