OREANDA-NEWS. On June 18, 2015 the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar signed the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The document was signed by the director general of ROSATOM S.Kirienko and the Minister of science and technology of the Republic the Union of Myanmar.

This is the first document in the history of Russian-Birman relations that lays he legal foundation for interaction between two countries in the area of nuclear energy. Memorandum covers such scope of issues as fundamental and applied researches, radioisotopes application, joint research, technologies development in the sphere of nuclear medicine, radioimmunotheraphy, realization of the programme of IAEA' technical contribution to nuclear medicine, nuclear safety features, physical and radioactivity protection, radiation risk assessment on the environment, training of specialists of administrative and scientific personnel.

The Memorandum envisages the formation of a work team to realize all above mentioned areas of cooperation and determines as the nearest task the preparation of the intergovernmental agreement for cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.