Critics question Russia's ability to build Kazakh nuclear power plant

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Kazakhstan estimates it will face a shortage of 6 gigawatts of energy by 2030. © Reuters

PAUL BARTLETT and NAUBET BISENOV

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan's recent selection of Rosatom as consortium leader to build the country's first nuclear plant is raising worries about the ability of the Russian state-owned nuclear power agency to finance and complete the project.

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