The rapid economic growth in Central Asian nations is driving demand for new large-scale electricity generation facilities. Despite abundant energy resources, including hydrocarbons and hydropower, recent developments suggest that the region’s focus will increasingly shift towards developing nuclear energy.

On June 20, during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Almasadam Satkaliyev, Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Atomic Energy, met with Alexey Likhachev, CEO of Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom to discuss building a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Kazakhstan. 

During the meeting, a roadmap was approved outlining the project's preparation and execution stages, including engineering surveys and of design documentation.

On the same day, Rosatom and Uzbekistan's Agency for the Development of Atomic Energy (Uzatom) signed an agreement to explore developing a large-capacity NPP in Uzbekistan.........

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