2001 年 5 月，应格鲁吉亚政府的邀请，原子能机构代表团访问了苏呼米。访问团广泛研究了苏呼米物理技术研究所的核安全状况，随后，原子能机构决定在议程中列入在格鲁吉亚东部建造核材料储藏点的项目。
In May 2001, by invitation of the Government of Georgia the mission of the IAEA visited Sukhumi. After the mission extensively studied the nuclear safety situation in the SPTI the IAEA decided to include into its agenda the item on necessity of construction of the site for nuclear material storage in Eastern Georgia.