ALMATY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan is still studying the plan to host the international nuclear fuel bank in its territory,Timur Zhantikin, chairman of the Kazakh Atomic Energy Committee, was quoted as saying on Monday by Interfax News Agency.

    Kazakhstan is studying technical details to host the international nuclear fuel bank and discussing the bank's location, Zhantikin said in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan.

    He believed that once the technical feasibility of the plan is proved, Kazakhstan will offer to host the international nuclear fuel bank to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

    Zhantikin emphasized at the same time that ensuring the ecological and environmental security of Kazakhstan will be the principal concern in formulating the program for building the international fuel bank.

    Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on April 6 in Astanathat, if the international community needs to set up a bank for the nuclear fuel, Kazakhstan could consider hosting such a depository.

    Kazakhstan had earlier approached the U.S. on hosting the international nuclear fuel bank in its territory, so that nations that renounce nuclear weapons could purchase fissile fuels for peaceful use of nuclear energy.