Uzatom, Rosatom to create working group for expert review of NPP project in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT. July 27 (Interfax) - A delegation from Uzbekistan's Atomic Energy Agency (Uzatom) and Nuclear Power Plant Construction Directorate reached an agreement with the state corporation Rosatom during a visit to Moscow to create a working group to carry out an expert review of project documentation for a nuclear power plant in the Jizzakh region, the agency's press service said.
The Uzbek delegation held a meeting with Dmitry Volkov, Rosatom's Director of Capital Construction, and representatives of the Industry Center for Capital Construction. The meeting focused on organizing an expert review of design documentation for the construction of an integrated nuclear power plant in the Jizzakh region.
The parties discussed the procedure for reviewing design documentation, as well as developing the competencies of national personnel.
An agreement was reached to form a joint working group to coordinate interaction during the expert review and quickly resolve issues related to obtaining the necessary approvals.
In addition, Uzbek officials met with the leadership of the Association of Nuclear Industry Construction Organizations. Interaction with association member companies operating in Uzbekistan were discussed.
Talks were also held in Moscow with a representative of the Hungarian company MVM EGI Zrt within the framework of developing Uzbek-Hungarian nuclear cooperation, as per intergovernmental agreements. The parties identified immediate steps to resolve issues related to the construction of dry cooling towers.
The meetings were a continuation of the efforts to implement the integrated nuclear power plant construction project in the Jizzakh region.
For the first time in global practice, Uzbekistan plans to build two large-capacity VVER-1000 reactor units and two low-capacity RITM-200N reactor units on one site, with a combined installed capacity of around 2,100 MW. This combined configuration is expected to allow for up to 15 billion kWh of electricity to be produced each year. The general contractor of the project is JSC Atomstroyexport, Rosatom's engineering division.
At the end of March in Tashkent, Russian state-owned Rosatom and Uzbekistan's Atomic Energy Agency (Uzatom) under the country's government signed a roadmap for cooperation in the nuclear and related fields, as well as an additional agreement to the contract on the construction of an NPP.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the construction of the NPP's first power unit at the beginning of March.
