KAZAKHSTAN TO BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

Kazakhstan’s science minister, Vladimir Shkolnik, announced yesterday a plan to build a nuclear power plant in eastern Kazakhstan on the shore of Lake Balkhash. The design by the St. Petersburg’s firm Atomproyekt envisages three power-generating blocks of 640 megawatt capacity each. Construction is planned to begin in 1999 and to be completed in 2006. Projected costs are $2 billion. It is hoped that some $1.7 billion of that total can be raised by creating an international consortium. (AP, September 11)

Prosecutor General to Investigate Nemtsov Phone Tapping.