Kazakhstan is considering the possibility of building several nuclear power stations with the government preparing to earmark at least three potential sites, the country’s energy minister said at a government briefing on 16 July, according to local press reports.

Almasadam Satkaliev said the energy ministry “is not proposing the construction of a single nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan: we are talking about the development of nuclear energy.”

Satkaliev said Kazakhstan, the world’s largest miner of uranium for nuclear fuel, needs to prepare at least three sites for the construction of new nuclear power plants as it bids to ensure “a reliable and expandable energy supply in the future”.