Rosatom has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Uzatom Atomic Energy Agency to explore the possibility of building a gigawatt-scale nuclear power plant featuring two or four VVER-1000 units.
This development builds on their existing project to construct a small modular reactor plant in the Jizzah region, which will feature six RITM-200N water-cooled reactors.
Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev said: “The Rosatom State Corporation is pleased to be a strategic partner of Uzbekistan in the development of nuclear energy, the combination of small and large-capacity nuclear power plants can form a powerful ‘carbon-free energy cluster’ in Uzbekistan and become a response to the country’s growing needs for electricity, as well as the basis for the development of industry and innovative industries in the country.”
Azim Akhmedkhadjaev, Director of the Atomic Energy Agency, said: “We consider the construction of a high-capacity NPP as a source for creating a reliable and balanced energy system capable of covering both the current and future needs of the country for electricity – environmentally friendly energy.
The signing of the agreement allows us to begin active development of the key conditions for the possibility of implementing the project for the construction of a high-capacity nuclear power plant.
A joint Working Group has been created that will study the main aspects of the project and assess the cost of construction.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
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