Kazakhstan selects site for its first nuclear power station

• 11 months ago (2025-02-28)
• David Flin

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Kazakhstan has selected a site for the construction of the country’s first nuclear reactor. The government is now considering who will build it.

The selected location is Ulken, situated on the shore of Lake Balkhash, 300 miles northeast of Kazakhstan’s commercial capital Almaty.

Kazakh officials have stated they will award the construction contract for the Ulken facility by the end of 2025. The four entities under consideration are: Russia’s Rosatom; China National Nuclear Corp .; France’s EDF ; and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power .