Scheduled to commence operations in 2017, the Kazakh fuel bank will store up to 90 tons of LEU, sufficient to refuel three typical power-producing light water reactors. While Kazakhstan will physically operate the bank, the uranium will be owned and controlled by the IAEA, and made available to non-nuclear-weapon states if, for any reason, they cannot secure the LEU they need from the commercial market.
按计划，哈萨克燃料银行将在2017年开张营业，它将储存90吨低浓缩铀，足以为三个典型的发电用轻水反应堆提供燃料补给。该银行由哈萨克斯坦实际经营，但铀将由国际原子能机构所有和控制，并且只能用于无核武器国家，条件是（不管出于什么原因）它们无法从商业市场上获得它们所需要的低浓缩铀。