Rosatom chief visits construction site of nuclear plant in Uzbekistan

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev visited the construction site of an integrated nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan's Jizzakh region, where work continues on the first low-capacity power unit, Rosatom reported.

Concrete pouring into the foundation slab began on 4 June 2026. Concreting of the reactor building base is ongoing, with 25 pieces of equipment involved. The foundation slab of the first unit's reactor compartment is planned for completion by the end of the year, requiring 10,000 cubic metres of concrete.

Likhachev called the works a fundamental stage of a project important for Uzbekistan's energy and economy and for Russian-Uzbek cooperation. The project also includes an atomic city for more than 30,000 specialists and their families, and an industrial cluster about 25 km from the plant. The station will have two 1,000 MW units and two 55 MW small units, expected to generate 17.2 billion kWh a year. The construction start ceremony took place on 4 June 2026 in Farish district, and the presidents of Russia and Uzbekistan, Vladimir Putin and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, authorised construction.