The path to peaceful nuclear technologies!
Important issues concerning the future of the country must be discussed by the people, as evidenced by the fact that the people supported the NPP through a referendum. At the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, the Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis and Petrochemistry аmong the Sustainable Development Goals, Goal is to ensure that all people have access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy sources conducted lectures for students studying in the specialties "Chemical Expertise and analytical control of production" and "Pharmaceutical Production Technology" on the topic: Energy in industry to support the construction of nuclear power plants. The energy intensity of chemical production. Types of energy and resources. The problem of energy in the chemical industry and ways to solve it." It was noted that the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan is an important decision towards ensuring energy independence and security, and the project on the shores of Lake Balkhash is aimed at preventing energy shortages and reducing import dependence in several regions of the country, will ensure stable prices for NPP electricity and help achieve hydrocarbon neutrality by 2060.
The only nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan operated in 1973-1999 in Aktau with a fast neutron reactor (BN-350) with a capacity of 350 MW. Despite the fact that the country's uranium reserves are estimated at 900 thousand tons, currently nuclear energy is not used in Kazakhstan. The fact that the main deposits are located in the south of Kazakhstan (Turkestan and Kyzylorda regions), in the West - in Mangystau, in the north of Kazakhstan (Semizbai deposit) was shown on the map of minerals of Kazakhstan (the chemical composition of which is also familiar to students), and students got acquainted with the technology of processing uranium raw materials (photo).
The impact on the environment and health will be significantly lower than the established norm. Therefore, we say that the use of nuclear power plants does not have a negative impact on nature and people. Because this is proved by the observations of regular studies of the population living in the immediate vicinity of nuclear power plants in different regions of the world.
The construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan will lay a solid foundation for energy security and independence of Kazakhstan, a serious foundation for the country's entry into a new industrial and technological level. The Society fully supports the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015, the goal of 7 of which is to ensure access to reliable, sustainable and modern energy sources.
Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Chemistry, Catalysis and Petrochemistry N.K. Zhakirova
