Uzatom, Russia's Rosatom Sign Protocol On Low-Capacity Nuclear Power Plant Project In Uzbekistan
Date
9/10/2024 8:07:44 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, September 10. Uzatom and
Rosatom have signed a protocol on the start of work on a project
for a low-capacity nuclear power plant (NPP) in Uzbekistan, the
statement of Uzatom said, Trend reports.
In particular, the State Enterprise“Directorate for
Construction of Nuclear Power Plant” under the Uzatom agency and
Atomstroyexport JSC (ASE JSC, Engineering Division of Rosatom State
Corporation) signed a protocol on the beginning of works on the
construction site of the future NPP of small capacity in
Uzbekistan.
With the signing of the document, the project implementation
moves to the active phase of preparatory work at the construction
site, development of design, and license documentation.
The document was signed in the presence of the Director of the
Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic
of Uzbekistan, Azim Akhmedkhadzhayev, and Deputy Director General
and Director of the International Activities Block of Rosatom State
Corporation, Nikolai Spassky.
“The protocol signed today consolidates the fact of fulfillment
of priority conditions in terms of regulatory and financial
obligations of the parties. Rosatom's engineering division is
starting to actively work on the documentation for obtaining a
license to locate the ASMM and survey work at the construction
site,” the director of projects for the construction of NPPs in
Central Asia, ASE JSC, Pavel Bezrukov, said.
Preliminary work on the project of NPP of small capacity began
in the summer. At the site of the future nuclear power plant, the
first construction headquarters was held, where priority tasks were
defined, fulfillment of which will allow to start work within the
regulatory terms.
In late August, work began on the creation of a shift camp for
the builders of the future nuclear plant.
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