Nuclear power plant in Mangystau, Kazakhstan. Approximate location 43.6092, 51.28201.
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Aktau nuclear power plant is a 90 MW nuclear power plant in Mangystau, Kazakhstan. It is operated by Ministry Of Energy (the Republic Of Kazakhstan) [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 203k homes (estimated). It ranks #68 of 80 Kazakhstan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1973, it is around 53 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, the national grid averages 805 gCO₂/kWh (14.9% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_aktau_kazak.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GNPT; fuel: GEM GNPT
Technically it is described as fast breeder reactor. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Ministry Of Energy (the Republic Of Kazakhstan) [100%].
This nuclear plant uses heat from nuclear fission to raise steam for a turbine-generator. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #4 largest nuclear power plant of 4 in Kazakhstan by capacity.
Kazakhstan has 4 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 9,690 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 43.6092, 51.28201 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Aktau nuclear power plant is a 90 MW nuclear power plant in Mangystau, Kazakhstan, commissioned in 1973.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 202,731 homes (estimated).
Aktau nuclear power plant is operated by Ministry Of Energy (the Republic Of Kazakhstan) [100%].
