According to the Kazakh president, the construction of the nuclear power plant is "a guarantee of the country's energy sovereignty and a reliable foundation for the energy-intensive digital economy of the future" ASTANA, June 30. /TASS/. Construction of the Balkhash nuclear power plant, Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant (NPP), for which Rosatom was selected as the leader of the construction consortium, will begin next year. The decision by citizens to build the plant was the right one,