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Nuclear power in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has no operating nuclear power reactors. 5 units appear in the record — 1 pre-construction, 3 announced, 1 retired.

Operating
0
0.0 GW gross
Under construction
0
—
Planned
4
incl. 3 announced
Retired
1
0 cancelled

Position in the fuel chain

FacilityStageOperatorCapacity / output
Ust-Kamenogorsk (ULBA) fabrication NAC Kazatomprom 200tHM/yr
Karatau (Budenovskoye 2) mining NAC Kazatomprom 3,299tU/yr
Inkai, sites 1-3 mining NAC Kazatomprom 2,992tU/yr
Akdala and South Inkai mining NAC Kazatomprom 2,803tU/yr
Moinkum and Tortkuduk (KATCO) mining Orano 2,388tU/yr
Khorassan 1 mining NAC Kazatomprom 2,030tU/yr
Central Mynkuduk mining NAC Kazatomprom 1,650tU/yr
Budenovskoye 1, 3 & 4 (Akbastau) mining NAC Kazatomprom 1,545tU/yr
Kharasan 2 (Baiken-U) mining NAC Kazatomprom 1,315tU/yr
South Moinkum and Kanzhugan mining NAC Kazatomprom 1,273tU/yr
Irkol mining NAC Kazatomprom 940tU/yr
Western Mynkuduk (Appak) mining NAC Kazatomprom 830tU/yr
North and South Karamurun mining NAC Kazatomprom 830tU/yr
Zarechnoye mining NAC Kazatomprom 741tU/yr
Ulken nuclear power plant — Kazakhstan: 1 unit, 1,200 MW
Pre-construction 1 circle area ∝ site capacity Nuclear sites in Kazakhstan.

All units in Kazakhstan

UnitSiteStatusTypeGross MWOnline
Ulken nuclear power plant 1 Ulken nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,200 2035
Kurchatov nuclear power plant 1 Kurchatov nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 —
Kurchatov nuclear power plant 2 Kurchatov nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 —
Ulken nuclear power plant 2 Ulken nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2035
Aktau nuclear power plant Aktau nuclear power plant Retired FBR 90 1973

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