Uzbekistan and Russia Reach Agreement on Construction of New Nuclear Power Plant - Jamestown

Uzbekistan and Russia Reach Agreement on Construction of New Nuclear Power Plant - Jamestown: A series of meetings since late December 2017 between officials from Uzbekistan and ROSATOM, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, suggests that both sides have reached an agreement to build a two-reactor nuclear power plant (NPP) in this Central Asian republic. According to Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov, Uzbekistan’s ambassador to Russia, “[T]he nuclear power plant will definitely be constructed,” and the two …