Kazakhstan's Two-Step Nuclear Plan Reveals Delicate Diplomacy

Kazakhstan's Two-Step Nuclear Plan Reveals Delicate Diplomacy

It was a completely unsurprising surprise announcement.  In a highly unusual statement issued on June 14, a Saturday, Kazakh authorities said they had selected Russia’s state-owned Rosatom to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant, binding the country further to its northern neighbor. “Finally, the spectacle is over,” Kazakh economist Aset Nauryzbaev, who opposed the project, said in a video after the announcement.  The real surprise came …

The French will see how Rosatom will build a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: EADaily

The French engineering group Assystem plans to provide technical support and supervision of NPP construction projects in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Russia, Kazakhstan agree on nuclear power plant roadmap

Russian atomic energy corporation Rosatom to lead international consortium tasked with building a large-capacity nuclear power plant - Anadolu Ajansı

Kazakhstan Moves Forward on Nuclear Power with International Partners

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency Deputy Chairs Asset Makhambetov and Vassily Lavrenov held a meeting with Vakis Ramany, senior vice president for new nuclear projects and engineering at Électricité de France (EDF), to explore the potential for EDF’s participation in the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan as part of an international con…