Kazakhstan’s First Nuclear Power Plant Project Estimated at $16.5 Billion

ASTANA – Kazakhstan and Russia have signed an agreement outlining the main terms of cooperation and financing for the construction of Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant, a major energy project estimated at around $16.5 billion. According to Almasadam Satkaliyev, head of Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency, approximately $2 billion of the total …

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