Russia's Rosatom to build its first small-sized NPP abroad in Kyrgyzstan

MOSCOW. June 8 (Interfax) - Russia's Rosatom state corporation will build its first small-sized nuclear power plant abroad in Kyrgyzstan.

"Our first export delivery, which, in my opinion, will serve as the flagship deal in global exports, will be that to Kyrgyzstan," Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev said at the Eurasian Congress.

"Kyrgyzstan demonstrates the highest dynamics in the implementation of a small-sized nuclear power plant [project] based on Russian technology," he said.

Atomenergoprom said in its annual report that Rosatom was planning to finalize a preliminary feasibility study for small-sized nuclear power plants in Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar this year. It is also planned to present a preliminary feasibility study for a small-sized nuclear power plant to India in 2023.

Rusatom Energy Projects, a member of Rosatom Group, and the Kyrgyz Energy Ministry signed a technical assignment for drafting a preliminary feasibility study for a small-sized nuclear power plant in Kyrgyzstan on the sidelines of the Atomexpo 2022 exhibition last November.