President Nursultan Nazarbayev urged to get rid of "Fukushima syndrome" and develop nuclear energy; this has been announced during his annual address to the people of Kazakhstan in the Palace of Independance. "We should not forget about the prospects of nuclear energy development. The word's need of cheap nuclear power in the foreseeable future will only grow. And since this type of energy will be demanded as clean energy, we can not fall behind", said the President. The President stressed that Kazakhstan is one of the world leaders in the production of uranium, that is why it is necessary to develop nuclear power plants' fuel production and build atomic power stations. "It is urgent to tackle issues on location, sources of investment and construction period of the fourth refinery and nuclear power plant," President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said delivering his annual Message to the nation of Kazakhstan today in Astana. Kazakhstan is the largest uranium exporter across the world. It is the pure power technology. Finally, it is the technological progress, development. May be we will build not only one plant and it costs expensive."
KAZINFORM