Kazakhstan’s first NPP construction works kick off
The works at the country’s first-ever nuclear power plant construction site officially kicked off near the village of Ulken in Almaty region, Kazinform News Agency reports.
The ceremony also saw the launch of drilling operations to collect soil. The capsule containing the soil samples from the NPP construction site will be handed over to Russia for research.
Head of the Kazakh Atomic Energy Agency Almassadam Satkaliyev and director general of Rosatom State Corporation Alexey Likhachev and other officials took part in the ceremony.
Likhachev said the countries started practical work on the development of the project to build a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan. Rosatom is proposing to "build a truly bestseller on the nuclear technology market," he added.
Special equipment already arrived at the construction site.
A model of the Novovoronezh NPP has been installed at the construction site. It features energy block No.6, the world’s first generation III+ energy block.
Construction of Kazakhstan’s first NPP is scheduled to be completed in 2035-2036.
As written before, four companies, including CNNC, ICHNP, Rosatom and EDF, representing four countries, namely, China, South Korea, Russia and France were shortlisted as technology suppliers for the NPP construction in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency together with international experts announced Russia’s Rosatom as the leader of the Consortium for the construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant.
In addition, Kazakhstan and Russia signed documents determining the main phases of preparation and implementation of the nuclear plant construction project.
