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South China Morning Post
9 hours ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Chinese navy chief of staff and nuclear scientist expelled from top legislature
The Chinese navy's chief of staff and a top nuclear scientist have been stripped of their membership of the country's legislature. Vice Admiral Li Hanjun, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Navy, and Liu Shipeng, deputy chief engineer of China National Nuclear Corporation, have been expelled from the National People's Congress. Li is the latest of a string of PLA generals and a handful of defence industry executives to have implicated in a sweeping crackdown in the military. More to follow ... Advertisement
South China Morning Post
5 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Why China's Central Asian footprint is about to get bigger
The second China-Central Asia Summit , held in Astana in Kazakhstan last week, was an ideal opportunity for Beijing to strengthen economic and political ties not only with the host country but also with Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. The Astana Times reported that a total of 58 agreements worth nearly US$25 billion were signed between China and its regional partners. China also reached a series of bilateral agreements and memorandums of understanding with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Earlier this week, Kazakhstan announced that China National Nuclear Corporation would lead a project aimed at building another nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country. These developments indicate that Beijing's influence in this strategically important region is only growing. However, that does not mean that other global actors are sitting idly by and watching as China strengthens its position in Central Asia. Earlier this year, the European Union sought to expand its ties with the region through the EU–Central Asia Summit format. It is not a secret that Brussels is eyeing Central Asian raw materials. Russia, meanwhile, despite its preoccupation with the war in Ukraine, still sees the region as its 'near abroad' and maintains relatively strong security ties with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan – all members of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO).
The Hindu
14-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Russia's Rosatom to lead consortium to build first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has been tapped to lead an international consortium to build the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country's atomic energy agency said on Saturday (June 14, 2025). Other proposals came from the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation, as well as French and South Korean companies. 'We welcome Kazakhstan's decision to start the nuclear power plant construction project,' Rosatom's chief executive officer Alexei Likhachev said in a statement posted on Saturday (June 14, 2025) to the company's Telegram channel. 'The result will be the construction of a nuclear power plant based on the most advanced and efficient design in the world, which is based on Russian technology.' It was not immediately clear which other companies would participate in the Rosatom-led consortium, nor the cost and timeline of Rosatom's proposal. Mr. Likhachev said the plant would employ VVER-1200 Generation 3+ reactors, a technology developed in Russia and used both domestically and abroad. The two-reactor plant will be built in the village of Ulken, about 250 miles (400 km) northwest of Almaty, the commercial capital. Kazakhstan plans to have 2.4 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2035. The oil- and gas-rich nation of 20 million has not had any nuclear power generation capacity since 1999, when the BN-350 reactor on the shores of the Caspian Sea was decommissioned. The Kazakh atomic energy agency, established this March, said it had reviewed various proposals for reactor technologies and assessed them based on nuclear power plant safety, personnel training and other criteria. The agency 'determined that the most optimal and advantageous proposals for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan were those received from the Russian company Rosatom,' it said. 'Currently, in accordance with Rosatom's proposals, work has begun on the issue of attracting state export financing from the Russian Federation.' Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan in November and discussed boosting energy and industry ties with the country, which exports most of its oil through Russia but is exploring alternatives. In an article for the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper, Mr. Putin wrote that Rosatom, already involved in some projects in Kazakhstan, 'is ready for new large-scale projects'. In October, Kazakhstan voted in a referendum in favour of constructing its first nuclear power plant. The plan, backed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, faced criticism from some Kazakhs concerned by the involvement of a neighbour that has invaded another, Ukraine. Kazakhstan is one of the world's biggest uranium producers but currently relies mostly on coal-powered plants for its electricity, supplemented by some hydroelectric plants and the growing renewable energy sector. Rosatom, created by a presidential decree in 2007, says it is the only company in the world that has all technologies of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining and nuclear research to building, fuelling and running nuclear power plants.
Observer
14-06-2025
- Business
- Observer
Rosatom to build Kazakhstan's first N-power plant
ASTANA: Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has been tapped to lead an international consortium to build the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, the Central Asian country's atomic energy agency said on Saturday. Other proposals came from the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation, as well as French and South Korean companies. "We welcome Kazakhstan's decision to start the nuclear power plant construction project," Rosatom's chief executive officer Alexei Likhachev said in a statement posted on Saturday to the company's Telegram channel. "The result will be the construction of a nuclear power plant based on the most advanced and efficient design in the world, which is based on Russian technology." It was not immediately clear which other companies would participate in the Rosatom-led consortium, nor the cost and timeline of Rosatom's proposal. Likhachev said the plant would employ VVER-1200 Generation 3+ reactors, a technology developed in Russia and used both domestically and abroad. The two-reactor plant will be built in the village of Ulken, about 250 miles northwest of Almaty, the commercial capital. Kazakhstan plans to have 2.4 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2035. The oil- and gas-rich nation of 20 million has not had any nuclear power generation capacity since 1999 when the BN-350 reactor on the shores of the Caspian Sea was decommissioned. The Kazakh atomic energy agency, established this March, said it had reviewed various proposals for reactor technologies and assessed them based on nuclear power plant safety, personnel training and other criteria. The agency "determined that the most optimal and advantageous proposals for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan were those received from the Russian company Rosatom," it said. "Currently, in accordance with Rosatom's proposals, work has begun on the issue of attracting state export financing from the Russian Federation." Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kazakhstan in November and discussed boosting energy and industry ties with the country, which exports most of its oil through Russia but is exploring alternatives. — Reuters
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Kazakhstan selects Russian Rosatom to lead its first nuclear power plant project
Kazakhstan has chosen Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom to lead an international consortium for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant. Source: Reuters Details: Proposals for the project were also submitted by China's state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation, as well as French and South Korean companies. It remains unclear which other companies will join the Rosatom-led consortium, and details on the project's cost and timeline have not been disclosed. Rosatom has not commented on the matter. The newly established Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Agency determined that Rosatom's proposals were the most optimal and advantageous for the project. "Currently, in accordance with Rosatom's proposals, work has begun on the issue of attracting state export financing from the Russian Federation," the agency stated. Background: In October 2024, Kazakhstan held a referendum in which over 70% of voters supported the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
