On the sidelines of International Atomic Week in Moscow on Friday, the UzAtom and Russian Rosatom signed two accords for large and small nuclear power plants in Uzbekistan, the press service of UzAtom said.
The first accord is an addendum to the agreement of June 20, 2025, between the Uzbek state-owned Directorate for Nuclear Power Plant Construction and Rosatom Energy Projects.
It defines the configuration of the future integrated plant in Jizzakh province, which will include two large-capacity VVER-1000 generation 3+ reactors and two small-capacity RITM-200N reactors.
The second accord is a common terms agreement for the nuclear fuel supply contracts. It finalizes the arrangements for providing the RITM-200N and VVER-1000 reactor units with fuel, as well as spare parts and control equipment.
Azim Akhmedkhadzhaev, Director of the Uzatom Agency, noted the project's unique nature:
"We are creating an unprecedented energy project in the heart of Uzbekistan, in the Jizzakh Province. As pioneers in the development of nuclear energy in Central Asia, we are not simply building the region’s first power plant- we are the first to create an innovative solution for the future," he said.
According to him, the future NPP project is "a bold combination of advanced small-modular plant and time-tested conventional large-scale nuclear plant."
The Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev emphasized that Uzbekistan would be the first country in the world to simultaneously operate both a small NPP and a large-scale plant on a single site:
"Today's signing marks a new stage in the development of relations between Rosatom and Uzbekistan in the peaceful use of nuclear energy."
On the eve, the Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev announced that Uzbekistan, together with Rosatom, is implementing a project to build a nuclear power plant with two large and two small reactors. The site will house two large 1,000 MW reactors and two small 55 MW reactors (a total of 2.1 GW). He stated that by 2035, the plant will be able to generate over 15 billion kWh of power.
