• Location of second Kazakh nuclear power plant announced According toa resolution publishedon the Minister of Justice’s website, a government decision was made on 26 January on the construction area, with the resolution entering into force on the day of its signing. • The village of Ulken, also in Zhambyl district, on the shore of Lake Balkhash, was earlier selected as the location for Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant. • In June last year, Russia’s Rosatom was selected as the leader of an international consortium to build Kazakhstan’s first planned nuclear power plant, with China being lined up to build a second one. • The Atomic Energy Agency of Kazakhstan had earlier held negotiations with leading global manufacturers and had drawn up a shortlist of potential suppliers: Rosatom with its VVER-1200 reactors, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) with its HPR-1000, France’s EDF with its EPR1200 and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power with its APR-1000/APR-1400. • On 31 July, First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar announced that CNNC would build Kazakhstan’s second and third nuclear power plants,Kazinform News Agencyreported. • Kazakhstan is the world’s leading producer of uranium.
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- According to a resolution published on the Minister of Justice’s website, a government decision was made on 26 January on the construction area, with the resolution entering into force on the day of its signing. The village of Ulken, also in Zhambyl district, on the shore of Lake Balkhash, was earlier selected as the location for Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant. In June last year, Russia’s Rosatom was selected as the leader of an international consortium to build Kazakhstan’s first planned nuclear power plant, with China being lined up to build a second one. The Atomic Energy Agency of
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