TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 24. A ceremony
marking the start of the first concrete works has been held at the
construction site of a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan’s
Farish district of the Jizzakh region, Trend reports via Uzatom.
The ceremony was attended by Director of the Nuclear Power Plant
Construction Directorate of Uzbekistan Abdujamal Kalmuratov and
Vice President, Project Director for NPP construction in Uzbekistan
at Atomstroyexport (Rosatom’s engineering division) Pavel
Bezrukov.
The works are being carried out as part of the construction of a
power unit equipped with a RITM-200N reactor. The start of the
concrete stage marks the transition to active construction of the
facility.
According to Uzatom, currently, concrete preparation works are
underway for the reactor building. The stage is expected to be
completed in April 2026, with about 900 cubic meters of concrete to
be poured. Upon completion, the foundation base for the reactor
building will be prepared, including waterproofing and
grounding.
The small nuclear power plant is part of the integrated nuclear
energy project being implemented jointly by Uzbekistan and
Russia.
Earlier, on June 20, 2025, during the St. Petersburg
International Economic Forum, Rosatom and Uzbekistan’s Atomic
Energy Agency signed an agreement on the main terms for the
construction of a 2.4 GW nuclear power plant in the country. In
August, site survey works began at the selected construction
site.
