Uzatom, Rosatom sign agreements on configuration of NPP in Uzbekistan, nuclear fuel supplies
TASHKENT. Sept 26 (Interfax) - Uzbekistan and Russia concluded two strategically important documents for the construction of an integrated nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan's Jizzakh region as part of World Atomic Week in Moscow, the press service of the Uzbek Atomic Energy Agency (Uzatom) said on Friday.
An additional agreement was signed to the agreement between JSC Rosatom Energy Projects (REP) and Uzbekistan's Directorate for NPP Construction state enterprise (part of Uzatom) dated June 20, 2025, on the key terms for implementing the plant construction project. The additional agreement defines the project configuration based on two VVER-1000 generation "3+" reactors and two RITM-200N reactors.
The second document is an agreement between REP and the Directorate for NPP Construction on the key terms of contracts for supplying nuclear fuel for the low-capacity NPP and the large NPP. It secures key agreements on fuel supplies for the RITM-200N and VVER-1000 reactor units, as well as for spare parts, assembly and monitoring equipment.
"In the very center of Uzbekistan, in the Jizzakh region, we are creating an unprecedented energy project. Being a leader in the development of nuclear energy in Central Asia, we are not only building the first plant in the region but also are the first to create an innovative solution of the future. Our project is a bold combination of advanced small modular plant technologies and time-tested solutions of powerful classical nuclear energy," Uzatom Director Azim Akhmedkhajaev said when commenting on the signing of the bilateral documents.
"Today's signing marks the beginning of a new stage in the development of relations between Rosatom and Uzbekistan in the field of peaceful nuclear energy. Thanks to the agreements reached, Uzbekistan will become the first country in the world to build an integrated nuclear power plant, simultaneously operating both a modern low-capacity nuclear plant and a powerful nuclear power plant," Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev said.
In May 2024, Atomstroyexport, the engineering division of Rosatom, and Uzatom's Directorate for NPP Construction concluded a contract for constructing a low-capacity NPP (six reactors with a capacity of 55 MW each). The project was later changed. "Today, specific economic parameters are being discussed. Two units of 1,000 MW and two units of 55 MW," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in June 2025. Rosatom later reported that the large-capacity NPP project in Uzbekistan provides for the construction of two VVER-1000 power units with the possibility of expansion to four power units.
