Atomic Energy Agency established in KazakhstanPresident Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a decree On measures to further improve the public administration system of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the head of state's press service said on Tuesday.The decree establishes the Republican Atomic Energy Agency, the press service said in a statement.According to the decree, the Agency of Atomic Energy was established as a state body directly subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic, with the transfer of functions and powers of the Ministry of Energy in the areas of subsoil use in uranium mining, use of atomic energy, ensuring radiation safety of the population,and operation of the Semipalatinsk nuclear safety zone."Establish the Agency as the legal successor of the rights and obligations of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the limits of the transferred functions and powers," the document says.The same decree instructs the Presidential Administration to submit to head of state the draft regulations on the Agency and its structure.The presidential administration is responsible for monitoring the implementation of this decree. (ICE ALMATY)

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