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Kazakhstan votes on first nuclear plant construction
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With possible Russian involvement in the project, this does not sound like good news. But I hope it does get them off of their reliance on fossil fuels and not just transfer that current coal reliance to Russian oil while a nuclear plant never actually gets built.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/02/russias-influence-kazakhstan-increasing-despite-war-ukraine
I don't know a lot about KZ's current politics, but I know a little. The article talks about Russian involvement, which is interesting, given that Kazakhstan largely imports their oil from Russia. Their attempts to build nuclear have usually been opposed by Russia. Trying to figure out the play here.
Russia is also bidding to build the plant. I also wouldn't be shocked if they would be the ones supplying the plant with fissile material.
Not likely. Kazakhstan is the world's number one producer of Uranium. So unless the plant requires enrichment in a way that only Russia can provide, I would presume they'd be their own provider.
Actually, that would be very Russia.
The other way around then. A deal to provide fissile material to Russia.
IIRC, most fissile fuel, worldwide, is from Russia. I know most of France's is.
Lol just yesterday I was joking about how liberals would be panicking when Rosatom provides nuclear energy to African countries. Central Asia seems like the antecedent to that. You realize Europe already gets a huge portion of its uranium from Russia? What, peripheral countries in Asia aren't allowed to get nuclear energy but Europe can?
The reactors do in fact get built https://rosatom.ru/en/press-centre/news/main-construction-phase-for-unit-3-of-el-dabaa-nuclear-power-plant-commences-in-egypt/ Russia doing far more work to develop the world than Western countries, which had a significant head start.
Can you please show where I was panicking?
"Oh no what if the Russians don't build it!"
Yeah extremely valid and not hysterical concern there man.
You're going to have to deal with the Russians building more nuclear infrastructure than you get in your neoliberal shithole, in peripheral countries alone, because ROSATOM is just getting bigger.
Why are you putting words in my mouth? I said nothing of the sort.
I'm thinking maybe you just need to be removed from c/worldnews for trolling.
Edit: Yep.
LoL LiBrULeS pAnIc
Chatham House is literally the go-to place for ways to cope with Russia constantly getting stronger instead of collapsing.