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As the world's largest producer of uranium gears up for a referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant, national policymakers and stakeholders have shared Kazakhstan's vision for a civilian nuclear programme at the World Nuclear Spotlight Kazakhstan event in Almaty.

With three currently operating research reactors - and as the former home to a fast reactor - nuclear is already a critical component of Kazakhstan's identity, Vice-Minister of Energy Sungat Yessimkhanov told delegates. Citing the growing recognition of nuclear energy as a key tool in achieving net zero - underlined by the IAEA-led Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels last month and the multinational ministerial declaration signed at COP28 last year which recognised the need for a tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050 - he said nuclear is becoming a key tool for achieving net-zero ambitions. "Kazakhstan is a uranium producing and exporting country, so we are obliged to use this advantage to the maximum," he said.