en.Wedoany.com Reported - Mongolian Energy Minister Badrakhyn Naidalaa recently stated during a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Mongolia Alexei Yevsikov that cooperation with Russia is of great significance for Mongolia's advancement of energy sector reforms.

Mongolia is currently focusing on ensuring the safe and stable operation of its energy system and preparations for winter energy supply. It also aims to support domestic and foreign investments to facilitate the implementation of large-scale energy projects and further strengthen cooperation with Russian enterprises.

One of the key topics of discussion was the expansion project of Ulaanbaatar's Third Thermal Power Plant. This project has been included in an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Mongolia, and the relevant contract is expected to be signed in the near future. In addition to traditional power and heating projects, Mongolia also expressed its intention to conduct basic research on the construction of small nuclear power plants. A representative of Russia's Rosatom in Mongolia previously stated that building a small nuclear power plant in Mongolia could become a flagship project of Russia-Mongolia cooperation for decades to come. Currently, a potential site is the planned New Karakorum region, located near the ruins of the ancient capital of the Mongol Empire, which carries strong symbolic significance and development potential.

The technical proposal put forward by the Russian side includes the RITM-200 reactor, a technology that has been in operation on Arctic nuclear-powered icebreakers for many years and is considered by Russia to be a mature and reliable small modular reactor solution. Earlier, Deputy Speaker of the Mongolian State Great Khural, Bukhchuluun Purevdorj, also revealed that Mongolia is in intensive discussions with Russia on the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in the Mardai uranium mining area. This uranium mine, developed by Soviet experts in the 1980s, is located in the Dornod uranium belt in eastern Mongolia, near the Russia-Mongolia border.

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