Rosatom to lead consortium to build first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan

14/6/2025 18:21

Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has been tapped to lead an international consortium to build the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country's atomic energy agency said on Saturday.



Other proposals came from the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation, as well as French and South Korean companies.



It was not immediately clear which other companies would participate in the Rosatom-led consortium, nor the cost and timeline of Rosatom's proposal. There was no immediate comment from Rosatom.



The two-reactor plant will be built in the village of Ulken, about 250 miles northwest of Almaty. Kazakhstan plans to have 2.4 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2035.



The oil- and gas-rich nation of 20 million has not had any nuclear power generation capacity since 1999, when the BN-350 reactor on the shores of the Caspian Sea was decommissioned.