An Uzbek delegation led by the Director of the Uzatom Agency, Azim Akhmedkhadzhaev has visited the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow. During the visit an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation was signed. The parties discussed prospects for long-term cooperation aimed at developing Uzbekistan’s national competencies in the nuclear field and jointly promoting advanced nuclear technologies.
The main priority areas of the partnership include:
- the potential for the use of small modular and mobile nuclear power plants;
- nuclear medicine and radioisotope production;
- use of synchrotron radiation and neutron sources;
- plasma physics, fusion, high energy physics;
- green technologies;
- new materials and additive technologies for the nuclear industry;
- establishment of joint laboratories and centres;
- training of highly qualified personnel, academic mobility;
- use of unique research facilities.
“This agreement is an important step in strengthening Uzbekistan’s position in the nuclear field,” said Azim Akhmedkhadzhaev. “We receive direct access to one of the strongest scientific centres in the world, its unique experience and infrastructure, which will allow us to systematically develop our national scientific school and implement ambitious projects in the interests of the country.”
The President of the Kurchatov Institute, Mikhail Kovalchuk, noted: “This partnership opens up new horizons for joint research and technological breakthroughs in the fields of peaceful atoms, nuclear medicine and advanced materials. The Republic of Uzbekistan today demonstrates impressive rates of economic development and is actively moving towards the status of a regional leader in innovative technologies, which creates a solid foundation for our cooperation and mutually beneficial achievements in the global transition to sustainable energy.”
In 2025, Rosatom and Uzatom finalised a project for the construction of two high-power power units based on VVER-1000 generation 3+ reactors and two power units with RITM-200N reactors with a capacity of 55 MW each to be built a single site in the Farish district of the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. Preliminary groundwork is already underway.
