Construction sites. In Uzbekistan, work began on the site to set up a construction yard in preparation for the erection of a Russian-designed small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plant. The yard will accommodate warehouses, assembly workshops, production and administrative facilities throughout the entire SMR project duration. In May 2024, Rosatom and Uzbekistan signed a contract to build an SMR plant in the Jizzakh region of the country. To be constructed to the Russian design, the 330 MW nuclear power plant will have six reactors with the capacity of 55 MW each. The reactors to be built in Uzbekistan are Russia’s latest water-cooled water-moderated RITM-200N installations, a former marine technology adapted for land-based deployment. The general contractor is Rosatom’s Engineering Division, with local companies also to be involved in the construction operations. Preliminary work on the SMR project began in the summer of 2024.