[en] There are 4 research reactors in the Republic of Kazakstan; Industrial power reactor BN-350 of Mangyshlak NPP that was shut down by Governmental Decree in April of 1999 now is under decommissioning programme. National Atomic Company 'Kazatomprom' has uranium mining and processing facilities. Wide spectrum of uranium products is produced by Ulba Metallurgical Plant. Also, large amount of radioactive sources are in use in industry, medicine, agriculture and other fields, total amount of which exceeds 80,000. For regulation of peaceful use of atomic energy, in 1992 the Atomic Energy Agency was established in the Republic, which is named now the Atomic Energy Committee. Legal and regulatory basis was developed. Primarily, it is the Law on Use of Atomic Energy, in which main principles of nuclear activity safety and maintenance of nuclear weapon non-proliferation regime in the country were established. In interaction with other state authorities, Atomic Energy Committee supervises nuclear and radiation safety, and state licensing of nuclear activities is the main mechanism. List of licensing activities was defined in the Law 'On Licensing' and 'On use of Atomic Energy', and licensing provisions were established by the Governmental Decree no. 100 of 1998, which approved Provisions on Licensing of Nuclear Activities. In 1993 Kazakhstan joined the Nuclear Weapon Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear-weapon state, in connection with which in 1994 a Safeguards Agreement was signed with IAEA. This Agreement was enforced in 1995 by Decree of the President of the Republic. A State System of Accountancy of Nuclear Materials was developed; regular reports on nuclear materials inventories are presented to the IAEA, inspections are carried out for verification of declared inventories of nuclear materials on the country facilities and other information related with peaceful nuclear activity of the Republic. Now Additional Protocol to this Agreement is being prepared for signature. System for nuclear export and import control of the Republic of Kazakhstan meets recommendations of international organizations. Principles of the system are defined in the Law on Export Control, and mechanisms for implementation of the control are established in a set of Governmental Decrees. Recent decision of Nuclear Supplier Group to accept application of Kazakhstan to join this group can be considered as an indication of correspondence of the state export control system to international standards. Taking into account increased danger of radioactive incidents in the present time a system for control of radioactive sources is being strengthened. A work is going on upgrading of a system for combating of illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials