Kazakhstan votes to build first nuclear power plant

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) - Kazakh citizens voted in favor of building the country’s first nuclear power plant during a referendum on Sunday, according to preliminary results declared on Monday.

The Kazakh Central Election Commission announced in a briefing on the preliminary results of the referendum that the voter turnout stood at 63.66%, with more than 7.8 million of 12.2 million eligible voters having cast their ballots.

It said that 71.1%, or about 5.5 million, of the people voted in favor of building the country’s first nuclear power plant, while just over 2 million voted against.