ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 7. 71.12% of Kazakh citizens voted in favor of building a nuclear power plant, said Nurlan Abdirov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Trend reports.
According to the CEC, 28.88% of citizens voted against the project.
"According to the data received, a total of 12,284,487 Kazakh citizens were eligible to participate in the referendum. Of those, 7,820,204 people, or 63.66%, took part in the vote. The number of citizens who voted in favor of the referendum's proposal was 5,561,937, which accounts for 71.12%," Abdirov stated.
To recap, on October 6, Kazakhstan held a referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev set the date for the referendum on September 2, 2024.
In 2023, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy announced that four companies were leading contenders for the nuclear plant project: China's CNNC, South Korea's KHNP, France's EDF, and Russia's Rosatom. International organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will also be involved in providing additional oversight.
