21.04.2026, 11:50

Second nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan to be built near Balkhash

ASTANA. April 21 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) – Kazakhstan’s second nuclear power plant (NPP) will also be built near Lake Balkhash, the country’s Atomic Energy Agency head Almasadam Satkaliyev said Tuesday.

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