The preliminary results of Sunday’s vote in Kazakhstan indicate that the majority of voters are in favor of building a power plant
Around 71% of voters in Kazakhstan are in favor of building the country’s first nuclear power plant, according to the preliminary results of a referendum on Sunday. Last year, the authorities named Russia’s Rosatom and competitors from France, China, and South Korea among the potential contractors.
The final results are expected within a week of the referendum. The Kazakh election authorities reported late Sunday that preliminary turnout was 63.8% – enough for the vote to be valid.
The government has singled out Zhambyl District in the southeastern region of Almaty as the potential site for the facility. Southern Kazakhstan chronically suffers from electricity shortages.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said: “My personal vision is that an international consortium should be working…