# Rosatom signs contract to build Balkhash NPP in Kazakhstan at EEF

https://mins.news/en/item/43146

- TASS, 2026-09-03 04:56 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://tass.com/economy/2181685

> Russia’s Rosatom and Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants signed a contract at the Eastern Economic Forum to build the two-unit Balkhash Nuclear Power Plant, with total capacity of 2,400 MW. Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said the agreement marks a new stage in cooperation and that design work will begin soon.

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