Kazakhstan Tallies International Observers For Country's NPP Referendum
Date
10/1/2024 3:11:25 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 1. The referendum
on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan will be
observed by 177 representatives from 30 countries, the secretary of
the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Yerman said
at a meeting of the commission, Trend reports.
“Among them are representatives of four international
organizations, such as the Commonwealth of Independent States, the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Organization of Turkic
States, and the conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building
Measures in Asia,” he said.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated that the
country will hold a referendum in connection with the construction
of a nuclear power plant on September 1, 2023.
Following this, Kazakhstan presented a list of companies that
are bidding to supply technology for the country's first nuclear
power plant. These are Chinese CNNC with HPR-1000 reactor, South
Korean KHNP with APR-1400 reactor, French EDF with EPR-1200
reactor, as well as Russian Rosatom with VVER-1200 and VVER-1000
reactors.
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