Rosatom Director General presents nuclear energy and electromobility to the President of Uzbekistan

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Rosatom, PUBLISHED 30.04.2025

On April 28, 2025, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Rosatom's booth at the international industrial exhibition "INNOPROM. Central Asia." Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev presented technological solutions in nuclear energy and electromobility.

The Corporation's exhibit featured a standard model of a land-based small modular reactor (SMR) based on Russian-designed RITM-200N reactors. This proven technology has demonstrated its reliability and efficiency on Russian nuclear icebreakers. Uzbekistan's future SMR plant will be equipped with six such reactors.

Rosatom's solutions in electromobility were also showcased to the President. The booth displayed key components of electric vehicles, such as a lithium-ion battery, and a sample of a compact "slow" charging station.

Rosatom enterprises are capable to produce about 60 % of all electric vehicle components, including battery packs, electric motors, rare-earth metal magnets, microelectronics, as well as polymer and composite materials.

Currently, Rosatom is building two gigafactories in Russia for the production of energy storage systems, designed to supply batteries for up to 100,000 electric vehicles annually. The Corporation is also developing a network of charging hubs and electric charging stations.

"This year marks a significant milestone - the 80th anniversary of the Soviet and Russian nuclear industry. It is a celebration not only for Russia but also for Uzbekistan, which made a tremendous contribution to our shared nuclear project. Today, Uzbekistan remains a key partner of Rosatom across a range of cooperation areas. The contract signed last May for the construction of a small modular nuclear power plant in the Jizzakh Region, with a total capacity of 330 MW based on a Russian design, became the world's first export contract for an SMR project. It clearly demonstrates Uzbekistan's leadership in low-carbon technology development and the strong, trust-based relationship between our countries and peoples," Alexey Likhachev noted.

Topics: Rosatom, Uzbekistan

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