Kazakhstan has received offers from France, China, South Korea, and Russia for the eventual construction of the country’s first nuclear power station, according to energy minister Almasadam Satkaliyev.

Satkaliyev told journalists that Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has “certain leadership” in the world in terms of nuclear island equipment and in view of the number of nuclear plants it has been involved in building.

However, he said French companies have the lead in “power equipment”, automation and control systems, and auxiliary equipment.