Uzatom, Russia's Rosatom Sign Protocol On Low-Capacity Nuclear Power Plant Project In Uzbekistan

(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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