Uzbekistan and Russia agreed to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Uzbekistan’s Navoi province. Uzbek Ambassador to Russia Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov told RIA Novosti.
According to him, now the parties are preparing the plan to implement the project.
"The nuclear power plant is a done deal. It is a multi-billion project. Now we are developing a road map," the diplomat said.
Uzbekistan and Russia began cooperation in the field of using atomic energy for peaceful purposes after signing an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in December 2017. At present, two working groups have been set up, which are working on a project to build nuclear power plants in Uzbekistan and in the field of scientific and technological development.
Rosatom had proposed to build a plant with two blocks of VVER-1200 generation III+ reactors.
In November 2017, following the talks during the visit of Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev to Uzbekistan, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between Rosatom and the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, as well as a contract for the production and supply of nuclear fuel for the VVR-SM research reactor between JSC TVEL (a Rosatom subsidiary) and the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.
