The station is planned to be built in the Jizzakh region. Its capacity will be 3300 MW – six reactors with a capacity of 55 MW each.
The authorities of Uzbekistan have chosen the Russian corporation Rosatom for cooperation in the construction of a low-power nuclear power plant (LPNP). This was said by the director of the country’s Atomic Energy Agency (Uzatom), Azim Akhmedkhodjaev, Interfax reported on Tuesday, October 15.
“When choosing partners for the construction of nuclear power plants, the Uzbek side made an in-depth analysis of the leading technologies in this direction. time,” said Akhmedhojaev at the international scientific and practical conference Challenges and prospects for the development of nuclear energy
According to him, all work on this project is carried out in cooperation with Rosatom and in full compliance with IAEA recommendations.
In turn, the First Deputy Director General of Rosatom Andrei Petrov said that the project for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan is at the stage of implementation.
“The contract has already been signed, we are in the active phase of its implementation and the start of the design work is actively underway, and in fact we are at the beginning of the work that is on site,” he said. .
It is known that a small nuclear power plant is planned to be built in the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. Its capacity will be 3300 MW – six reactors with a capacity of 55 MW each. The station is planned to be built in stages – from 2029 to 2033.
Let’s remember that the US Congress imposed sanctions against Rosatom. Restrictions are also being prepared regarding its subsidiaries and foreign companies involved in the construction of reactors using Russian technologies around the world.
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