Uranium from Kazakhstan will soon be powering Indian nuclear plants, Kazakh ambassador in India revealed in a newspaper interview.
In comments published November 8 by Times of India, Kairat Umarov, Kazakhstan envoy said state-owned Kazatompron was interested in exporting nuclear fuel to New Delhi, and assisting in building of reactors.
“Kazakhstan today is the 3rd biggest uranium producer after Canada and Australia. It is expected that by 2010, Kazakhstan will become the largest producer of uranium with production of 15,400 tons annually, which will be equal to 32 % from the world’s total production,” Umarov said.
India is currently seeking uranium supplies from Canada, Mongolia and Niger.
Umarov indicated that details of uranium-supply pact would be worked out in connection with a pending visit by Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kazakh President to India.
