Rosatom Targets 2026 Completion Of First Uzbekistan SMR Foundation

Concrete pouring continues at Jizzakh site

Rosatom Targets 2026 Completion Of First Uzbekistan SMR Foundation
The site of Uzbekistan's first nuclear power plant construction at Juzzakh. Image courtesy Gazeta Strana Rosatom.

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom expects to complete the foundation base slab for the first 55-MW small modular reactor (SMR) plant at Uzbekistan’s Jizzakh nuclear power project by the end of 2026.

Rosatom said concrete pouring is continuing for the reactor building foundation, with 25 pieces of construction equipment involved in the work.

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