ASTANA, Kazakhstan, February 2. Kazakhstan’s
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektanov has signed a government decree for
the construction of the country’s second nuclear power plant,
Trend reports via the
Kazakhstan’s Information-Legal System of Normative Legal Acts.
According to the decree, the nuclear power plant will be built
in the Zhambyl district of the Almaty region.
Kazakhstan is set to build its first nuclear power plant with
Russian company Rosatom. The development follows a nationwide
referendum held on October 6, 2024, in which 71.12 percent of
voters supported the establishment of nuclear power facilities,
with a turnout of 63.66 percent.
In October 2025, Almasadam Satkaliev, the head of Kazakhstan's
Atomic Energy Agency, announced that the country would proceed with
building two nuclear power plants in the Almaty region and was also
considering the Caspian Sea coast as a potential site for one of
the three planned nuclear power plants.
According to Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan's uranium production for
2025 reached 25,839 tonnes, an 11% increase from the 23,270 tonnes
recorded in 2024.
