Rosatom intends to expand work on the site of large nuclear power plants in 2027

Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev during a visit to the future nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan said that full-scale work on the site of large power units is planned to begin in 2027. Each of these units has a capacity of 1000 MW.

While engineering surveys were conducted for large blocks and design solutions were refined, the main work was carried out on the site of two small ones. Each of them is designed for 55 MW. Between the sites several hundred meters.

“This low capacity, which will be located here, is a unique, the most modern project of small nuclear power plants on the planet and the only one in the world that is currently being implemented under the export scheme,” said Alexey Likhachev, speaking about small power units.

At the site of small blocks by the end of the year it was expected to complete the concrete foundation slab. In May, the first concrete was poured there. In parallel, long-cycle equipment was manufactured and a 105-ton reactor housing was prepared for one small unit. To begin the recruitment of operational personnel for the first small unit, the end of 2027 serves as a reference.

The head of the state corporation reported more than a thousand employees and expected that in the coming months their number will double. It is estimated that 13-13.5 thousand people can simultaneously work on the construction site in 2030-2031, when the peak is expected. Rosatom expects to entrust the companies of Uzbekistan with a significant amount of general construction work.

Likhachev also reported on the formation of the atomgrad at the station. At the first stage, the city is designed for 33 thousand inhabitants. That number includes station staff who can live there.