France’s Framatome will be involved in projects to construct and operate a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the press service of the Atomic Energy Agency (Uzatom) reported .
On March 9, a working meeting was held at the headquarters of Framatome between Azim Akhmedkhadzhaev, Director of Uzatom, and Laurent Thieffry, Senior Executive Vice President of Framatome’s Automated Control Systems business unit.
The parties discussed the current status and prospects for the implementation of modern automated process control systems at nuclear power plants.
Uzatom and Framatome intend to develop a strategic partnership in the context of implementing projects for the construction and operation of integrated nuclear power units in Uzbekistan.
Following the talks, the parties confirmed their mutual interest in deepening cooperation at all stages of the life cycle of future power units.
Uzatom noted that Framatome provides a full range of services throughout the entire lifecycle of reactor facilities. The company has extensive experience collaborating with Rosatom and has supplied automated control systems and other equipment for VVER-based projects, including the Paks II NPP in Hungary and the El Daaba NPP in Egypt, which are currently under construction.
In March 2025, Azim Akhmedkhadzhaev, in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper, said that Uzatom was working with several French companies, such as Assystem (technical partner), Bureau Veritas (for training) and Framatome (for technical management of power plants).
Peaceful atom
In September 2025, Uzatom and Rosatom agreed on a new configuration for the nuclear power plant project in Uzbekistan, consisting of two high-capacity power units and two low-capacity nuclear power plant units.
The supplemental agreement stipulates that the project will include two large-capacity power units based on Generation III+ VVER-1000 reactors and two power units with RITM-200N reactors, each with a capacity of 55 MW. Thus, the combined capacity of the integrated NPP will exceed 2.1 GW: the large plant will be 2 GW, and the small plant will be 110 MW.
In October, a key stage of construction of a small nuclear power plant (SNPP) began in Uzbekistan. Excavation work began at the construction site in the Jizzakh region for the power unit housing the RITM-200N reactor.
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