Ülken, Kazakhstan, Oct 9, 2024 (AFP) - 'People will come back': Kazakhstan debates nuclear future

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2024-10-09

In the semi-abandoned village of Ulken on a giant steppe, Anna Kapustina, a mother of five, hopes controversial plans to build Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant will breathe life into her ailing hometown. On the shore of the huge Lake Balkhash and lined with empty buildings, Ulken is at the centre of a raging debate in Kazakhstan -- scarred by massive Soviet-era nuclear testing -- on whether construction should go ahead. Between 1949 and 19......

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