The US State Department is to provide Kazakhstan’s Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty with a small modular reactor (SMR) classroom simulator from US vendors Holtec International and WSC Inc.

The simulator will serve as a regional training hub to facilitate SMR deployment across Central Asia.

The State Department said the new facility is a critical step in developing the workforce to speed up US SMR deployment with trustworthy vendors who “meet the highest nuclear security, safety and non-proliferation standards”.