AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan and Russia may collaborate not only on construction of a major 2.4 GW nuclear power plant but also on development of small modular reactors, each with a capacity of up to 55 MW, totaling six reactors, Kun.uz reported.

The governments of Uzbekistan and Russia could establish a partnership to construct small nuclear power plant, following a decree issued by the Russian government on May 22.

The Russian state corporation Rosatom will hold negotiations with the Uzbek side. Following these negotiations, Rosatom will sign a protocol amending the intergovernmental agreement between official Tashkent and Moscow, originally signed on October 19, 2018, regarding nuclear power plant construction collaboration.

According to the draft protocol, alongside building a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan with two energy blocks, each with a capacity of 1.2 GW, the sides also plan to construct a nuclear power plant consisting of six energy reactors with a capacity of up to 55 MW each based on a Russian design.

Alexey Likhachev, the CEO of Rosatom, had previously announced in February of this year that the corporation was discussing the construction of small nuclear power plants with Uzbekistan. "We are conducting negotiations with Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, and several island states in Southeast Asia," he said.