The reclamation efforts at the former uranium mining site in Min-Kush, located in Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn region, are on track for completion by August 2025. This updated timeline was announced during a meeting between Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Emergency Situations, Boobek Azhikeev, and the Deputy Director General of Russia’s Rosatom State Corporation, Nikolai Spassky.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the primary focus of the discussion was the finalization of the project aimed at rehabilitating the Min-Kush uranium site.
Rosatom representatives informed Minister Azhikeev that all planned work at the location is scheduled to be finished in August. As a symbol of the region’s mining history and the strategic partnership between Kyrgyzstan and Russia, a memorial stele will be erected in Min-Kush.
This significant environmental remediation project is being carried out under the framework of an interstate program dedicated to reclaiming territories impacted by uranium mining. It also aligns with an agreement established between the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and the Government of Russia, which was signed in March 2024.
During the meeting, the parties also discussed future steps concerning the rehabilitation of other sites in five additional settlements across Kyrgyzstan: Kadzhi-Sai, Kyzyl-Zhar No. 12, Kara-Tash (Too-Moyun), Sumsar, and Kan.
