Third nuclear power plant may be built in Kostanay Region
Construction of the nuclear facility to be entrusted to China National Nuclear Corporation
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
A site for the construction of the third nuclear power plant (NPP) may be selected in Kostanay Region on the banks of the Tobol River, announced Almasadam Satkaliyev, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Agency of Kazakhstan.
An integrated approach implies selecting the most optimal site with a growing level of electricity consumption.
Among the options under consideration are Kurchatov in East Kazakhstan, a site on the Caspian Sea coast in West Kazakhstan, and on the Tobol River in North Kazakhstan. The latter option will provide a sufficient water level for cooling nuclear reactors, Satkaliyev added.
According to him, all of the mentioned sites have potential for development. However, the decision on the placement of the prospective plant will be made later.
As a reminder, Kazakhstan's first NPP with a capacity of 2.4 GW is being built by Rosatom (leading an international consortium) on the shore of Lake Balkhash in Almaty Region. It is scheduled to be commissioned in 2035–2036. Another two nuclear facilities are expected to be built by the Chinese state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
