Construction of nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan supported by 71% of country's citizens

By Alimat Aliyeva

The number of citizens of Kazakhstan who voted "for" the nuclear power plant construction project in the country amounted to 5 million 561 thousand 937 people or 71.12%, Azernews reports.

“The preliminary results of the vote at 8 a.m. on October 7: the number of citizens who voted "for" the NPP construction project amounted to 71.12% or over 5 million. The number of citizens who voted "against" amounted to just over 2 million," he said.

7 million 820 thousand 204 people took part in the voting, or 63.66% of the number of citizens eligible to participate in the referendum.