The State Enterprise “Directorate for Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant” under the Uzatom Agency and JSC Atomstroyexport, the engineering division of Rosatom State Corporation, have signed a protocol to commence work on the construction site of Uzbekistan’s future low-power nuclear power plant (LPNPP), according to UzA.
The protocol was signed in the presence of Nikolay Spassky, Deputy CEO for International Relations at Rosatom, and Azim Akhmedkhadjayev, Director of the Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Otabek Amanov, Director of the Directorate for Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant under the Uzatom Agency, stated, “Today’s signing marks the transition to active work on the implementation of the first LPNPP in Uzbekistan and will soon allow us to begin direct activities at the construction site.”
Pavel Bezrukov, Director of NPP Construction Projects in Central Asia at JSC ASE, added, “The protocol confirms the fulfillment of the priority conditions concerning regulatory and financial obligations of the parties. Rosatom’s Engineering Division will now actively develop the documentation needed to obtain a license for the LPNPP and begin survey work at the construction site.”