By Madina Usmanova

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 26. Ensuring the
country’s energy security and independence is a strategic task for
Kazakhstan, and today we are implementing advanced technologies in
various industrial sectors and carrying out large-scale projects,
said President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev while speaking
at a meeting of the National Council for Science and Technology,
Trend reports.

According to Tokayev, currently, 416 nuclear reactors are
operating worldwide.

“In the U.S., 94 nuclear reactors are in operation, yet the
country produces insufficient amounts of its own uranium.
Kazakhstan supplies 24 percent of the fuel to the American market.
A similar situation exists in France, where more than 50 plants
receive uranium mined in our country. To date, 31 countries produce
energy at nuclear power plants. Thus, every sixth country uses
peaceful atomic energy, and about 20 more plan to build nuclear
reactors. Kazakhstan attaches great importance to cooperation with
countries possessing advanced technologies in this field,” said the

Tokayev emphasized that Kazakhstan has started work on the
comprehensive modernization of energy sources.

“The most important thing is that we have begun developing
nuclear energy. At the national referendum, a decision was made to
build a nuclear power plant. Undoubtedly, nuclear energy is an
extremely important and necessary energy source for Kazakhstan.
Moreover, not only we, but other countries are actively developing
this sector,” he noted