Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Azim Akhmedkhadzhaev, head of Uzatom, have launched the initial stage of work on the construction of a low-power NPP (ASMM – Atomnoi Stantsii Maloi Moshnosti). The first stage includes the development of a pit for an ASMM with a RITM-200N reactor, being built in the Farish district of the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. About 1.5m cubic metres of soil will be removed for the pit, which will be 13 metres deep.
“Today we begin a new stage in the implementation of the project to create nuclear generation in Uzbekistan,” said Likhachev. “As in all our foreign projects, a high degree of localisation is provided for the construction of ASMM. The work is carried out by Uzbek subcontractors. Rosatom will build a station whose service life will be at least 60 years and will provide all necessary support during its operation.”
Currently, engineering survey work, design and construction of a construction and installation base are underway at the site. By the end of 2025, design documentation will be developed and sent for consideration to Uzatom.
In May 2024, during the state visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Uzbekistan, a protocol was signed amending the intergovernmental agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan. This expanded cooperation, which now provides for the construction of NPPs of both large and small capacities according to Russian projects.
In May 2025, Rosatom began manufacturing reactor equipment: an ingot of special alloy steel weighing 205 tonnes was cast, from which the hull of the future RITM-200N reactor will be created.
In September, at World Atomic Week in Moscow, additional documents were signed further expanding cooperation between Rosatom and Uzatom. According to these documents, the project will include 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. The parties also signed contracts for the supply of fuel for low- and high-power NPPs. The project will be the first in the world to build high- and low-power nuclear power plant units on a single site.
