A roadmap for cooperation in nuclear and related fields has been signed in Tashkent between Rosatom and Uzbekistan’s Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers (Uzatom), as well as an additional agreement to the contract for NPP construction. The documents were signed by the Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Uzatom Director Azim Akhmedkhadzhaev.

At the same time, preparatory concrete work began at the NPP construction site in the Farish district of the Jizzakh region for construction of a low-power NPP (ASMM – Atomnoi Stantsii Maloi Moshnosti) with a RITM-200N reactor.

The roadmap covers all the main areas of interaction on the nuclear construction project, including personnel training, informing the population about modern nuclear technologies and creating a future nuclear city at the plant. The additional agreement expanded scope of the contract signed in May 2024 for two 55 MWe ASMMs to include two VVER-1000 reactors on the same site. When the NPP is fully operational, it will generate about 17.2 TWh a year, providing up to 14% of Uzbekistan’s total energy needs and save more than 3.5bn cubic metres of gas annually.

Documents related to the expanded project were signed in September 2025, at World Atomic Week in Moscow. This has now been formalised as a contract.

In October 2025, Likhachev and Akhmedkhadzhaev, launched the initial stage of work on the construction of the first ASMM – the digging of a pit for the plant. Now preparatory concrete work for the unit is also underway. The concrete work was launched by Vice President – Project Director for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants in Uzbekistan at Rosatom’s Atomstroyexport, Pavel Bezrukov and the head of Uzbekistan’s Directorate for NPP Construction, Abdijamil Kalmuratov.

Completion of the preparatory concrete work is scheduled for April during which about 900 cubic metres of the mixture will be poured. This will level and waterproof the base for the foundation of the reactor building enabling first concrete to be poured for the reactor building foundation slab.

In anticipation of the concrete work, formal permission was received to use the site to accommodate two power units with RITM-200N reactor units. The permit was issued in accordance with national regulations and the requirements of international safety standards.

“The signing of a roadmap and agreement for the construction of an integrated nuclear power plant, as well as the concrete work that began on the site, mark Uzbekistan’s entry into the vanguard of global nuclear energy,” said Likhachev. “The country is launching a unique project that will contribute to socio-economic growth and strengthening technological sovereignty for decades. For Rosatom, the project in Uzbekistan is another important step in the development of nuclear energy, in strengthening friendly relations with our strategic partners.”

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