Likhachev expects full-scale work on two large nuclear power plants in 2027 n

On the site for two power units of nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1000 MW in Uzbekistan, they intend to proceed to full-scale work in 2027. The head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, called this term when he visited the construction site. At the site of large blocks, engineering surveys were conducted and design solutions were clarified.

The main stage of construction by that time was a few hundred meters from the survey site. We are talking about the site of two small blocks of 55 MW. By the end of the year, they intended to complete the concrete foundation slab. The first concrete was poured in May. The head of Rosatom called this small nuclear power plant project the most modern in the world.

The mass of the workpiece of the reactor housing, which has already been made for one of the small units, is 105 tons. Work on long-cycle equipment continued. Start staffing for the operation of the first small unit is planned by the end of 2027.

More than a thousand people worked at the facility. Alexey Likhachev said that “at least in the coming months, the number of personnel at the facility will be doubled.” The forecast for 2030-2031, the period of the expected peak of construction, allows for an increase in the number of employed to 13-13.5 thousand people. Rosatom intends to entrust a significant share of general construction work to companies from Uzbekistan.

Near the nuclear power plant, an atomgrad is formed. According to Likhachev, the estimated number of residents at the first stage is 33 thousand people. In addition to the station’s employees, the city provides for projects in nuclear medicine, education, science, industry, culture and sports.