en.Wedoany.com Reported - Andrey Polyakov, Project Manager for China and Uzbekistan at Atomenergoproekt JSC, a subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom State Corporation, stated that the company plans to carry out the first concrete pouring for the construction project of the nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan within the coming weeks.

The first concrete pouring for the reactor building foundation signifies the commencement of unit construction and the actual start of the nuclear power plant's construction. Pouring work began at the Uzbekistan nuclear plant site in March. At that time, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev told reporters that the construction of the Uzbekistan nuclear power plant was planned to start in the summer.

Polyakov stated during a panel discussion at the Uzbekistan Energy Week "UEW-2026" forum: "The pouring work for the RITM-200N unit of the Uzbekistan nuclear power plant has commenced ahead of schedule... We expect to carry out the first concrete pouring within the coming weeks."

Polyakov noted that Rosatom and the Uzbekistan Atomic Energy Agency signed a supplementary agreement in March regarding a new layout for the nuclear power plant, stipulating the construction of two RITM-200 units and two VVER-1000 units.

In May 2024, the first export contract in the history of atomic energy was signed in Tashkent, stipulating the construction of a small nuclear power plant in the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. Rosatom will serve as the general contractor for the construction, with local companies also participating in the work.

In September 2025, Rosatom and Uzbekistan signed an agreement on the main conditions for constructing an integrated nuclear power plant within Uzbekistan's territory. The construction project includes two high-capacity units equipped with Generation 3+ VVER-1000 reactors, as well as two units equipped with RITM-200N small reactors, each with a capacity of 55 MW. The entire construction of the nuclear power plant is scheduled to be completed by 2035.

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