Tag Archives: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan eyes construction of new nuclear plants via ConstructionWeekOnline

Posted on 2015/01/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kazakh energy minister Vladimir Shkolnik has said that the country is looking to build two new nuclear power plants to meet demand placed on its current network infrastructure. The country’s only nuclear plant was shut down in 1999 and it … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan may buy reactor for its nuclear power plant from Japan via The Times of Central Asia

Posted on 2015/01/03 by norma field

ASTANA (TCA) — Japan’s Toshiba Corp. may deliver a reactor for the first-ever nuclear power plant to be constructed in Kazakhstan, Japanese media reported. […] Kazakhstan originally planned to use nuclear reactors produced in Russia, with which it has maintained … Continue reading →

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Russia and Kazakhstan agree on nuclear new-build in Kazakhstan via enerdata

Posted on 2014/06/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kazakhstan and Russia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning the cooperation in building a new nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan. The MoU stipulates intentions of the parties in relation to the cooperation in design, construction, commissioning, operation and … Continue reading →

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【event】Symposium 2014: Catastrophic Asia via Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Posted on 2014/04/01 by norma field

Event Date: Friday, April 4, 2014 – 13:00 [CAS Speaker Series] Asia has been the site of some of the greatest human and natural catastrophes. From the 2011 earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan, to the 1984 Union Carbide disaster … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan tops uranium league via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2014/01/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kazakh uranium production continued on an upward trend in 2013. The country retained its place as the world’s leading uranium producer with over 38% of global output. According to year-end figures released by national atomic company Kazatomprom, national production of … Continue reading →

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Complacency May Be Kazakhstan’s Biggest Nonproliferation Risk, Some Experts Say via Global Security Newswire

Posted on 2013/08/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Since ridding itself of the world’s fourth largest nuclear arsenal after the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has continued to go to great lengths to demonstrate to the world its commitment to nuclear disarmament and nuclear security. The … Continue reading →

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Armless artist Karipbek Kuyukov ‘denied entry’ to UK via BBC News

Posted on 2013/05/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Kazakh artist who was born without arms says he could not get permission to enter the UK last month because he could not give fingerprints. Karipbek Kuyukov planned to attend an anti-nuclear conference in Edinburgh. But he got a … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan Hopes to be Centre of Peaceful Nuclear Industry via NRG Expert

Posted on 2013/04/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As North Korea continues to voice threatening rhetoric regarding its nuclear weapons ambitions we at NRG Expert, the market research company, would like to highlight some progressive national policy: the peaceful nuclear industry ambitions of Kazakhstan. A nation that once … Continue reading →

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Cameco Profit Drops 50% on Lower Prices; 2018 Forecast Reduced via Bloomberg

Posted on 2012/11/12 by kojimaaiko

Cameco Corp. (CCO), the world’s third- largest uranium miner, reported a 50 percent drop in third- quarter profit, excluding one-time items, as the price of the raw material in nuclear-reactor fuel dropped. Profit declined to C$52 million ($52 million), or … Continue reading →

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Statement by George Little on Completion of Degelen Mountain Nonproliferation Work via US Department of Defense

Posted on 2012/10/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs George Little provided the following statement: “The Department of Defense was pleased to join counterparts from the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to celebrate the completion of all nonproliferation work … Continue reading →

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