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Rosatom and Uzbekistan nuclear utility Uzatom are working on a contract for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan. Rosatom is also ready to offer Uzbekistan options for low-power NPPs. “Rosatom and the Uzatom agency are working on a draft general contract for the construction of nuclear power plants; this is an extensive and multifunctional work, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Industry & Trade Denis Manturov said on the sidelines of the international exhibition, Innoprom – Central Asia. “At the same time, Rosatom is ready to offer additional proposals to Uzbekistan, including for low-power nuclear power plants.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 26 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuzbekistan-progresses-plans-for-npp-construction-11712859
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released its Energy Sector Strategy 2024-28. EBRD says it “prioritises the urgent need to accelerate the decarbonisation of energy through scaling up renewables, enhancing grids and storage, promoting zero-carbon fuels and phasing out unabated fossil fuels.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsebrds-energy-sector-strategy-ignores-nuclear-11387315
France and Kazakhstan have pledged cooperation on minerals and the nuclear fuel cycle, while in Uzbekistan there was agreement to raise the level of bilateral relations, during official visits by President Emmanuel Macron this week. The French president was accompanied by a large delegation including representatives from French industry.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 04 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Agreements,-declarations-mark-Macron-visits-to-Kaz
Remediation work at legacy uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan is under way, supported by a €9m ($11m) grant from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) – set up on the initiative of the European Union (EU) and managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsremediation-begins-at-former-uranium-mining-sites-in-uzbekistan-11160714
Project bolstered by €9m grant from European account
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 15 September 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/work-begins-at-two-sites-on-tackling-soviet-uranium-mining-legacy-9-4-2023
Remediation work at legacy uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan is under way, bolstered by a EUR9 million (USD11 million) grant from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) set up on the initiative of the European Union and managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Clean-up-work-begins-at-Uzbek-legacy-uranium-sites
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a five-day mission to Uzbekistan to review safety processes for evaluating the site for its first NPP. The Site & External Events Design Review Service (SEED) mission was carried out at the request of the Uzbek government and hosted by the state agency for the development of nuclear energy, Uzatom.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 01 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-team-reviews-npp-site-evaluation-for-uzbekistan-10558479
An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded a five-day Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to Uzbekistan, which plans to build its first nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-completes-siting-review-for-Uzbekistan
A newly signed tripartite agreement broadens the scope of the collaboration between Orano Mining and its Uzbek partners and lays the foundations for the development of new uranium mines in Uzbekistan.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Orano-to-support-Uzbek-uranium-expansion-plans
A tripartite strategic cooperation agreement has been signed by France’s Orano Mining, the Uzbekistan State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Republic (GosComGeology) and the Uzbek State-owned Enterprise Navoiuranium during the visit of Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to France. Orano has been present in Uzbekistan since 2019, when it launched a partnership with GosComGeology to develop uranium exploration and mining activities in the Djengeldi area. This led to a joint venture, Nurlikum Mining, which today has around 50 employees.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 26 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsorano-boosts-co-operation-with-uzbekistan-10384391