Kazakhstan’s state-owned uranium mining company Kazatomprom is pushing efforts to establish “over time” new nuclear fuel cycle production facilities domestically, according to the company’s chief executive Mazhit Sharipov.
The move is expected to allow Kazatomprom, which accounts for about a quarter of global uranium mining, to also build up its position in the global nuclear fuel market in the long run, Mr Sharipov told the local Astana Times newspaper.
In November 2021, Kazakhstan opened a manufacturing plant for nuclear fuel assemblies at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, eastern Kazakhstan.
The move is expected to allow Kazatomprom, which accounts for about a quarter of global uranium mining, to also build up its position in the global nuclear fuel market in the long run, Mr Sharipov told the local Astana Times newspaper.
In November 2021, Kazakhstan opened a manufacturing plant for nuclear fuel assemblies at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, eastern Kazakhstan.
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