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Rosatom has started manufacturing equipment for the first unit of the small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan.
Production of components for a small-scale nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan has begun at Rosatom’s facility in St. Petersburg. The first steel casting for the RITM-200N reactor was showcased at the Power Uzbekistan 2025 exhibition in Tashkent.
At the AEM-Spetsstal metallurgical plant in St. Petersburg — part of the machine-building division of Russia’s state corporation Rosatom — the manufacturing of reactor equipment has started for the first power unit of the small modular nuclear power plant (SMR) being constructed in Uzbekistan.
Metallurgists cast the first steel for the future RITM-200N reactor installation. The casting process was presented at the Power Uzbekistan 2025 exhibition, held during the International Energy Week of Uzbekistan, which began on May 13 in Tashkent.
According to the company, the ingot was cast from alloy steel and weighs 205 tons. It will be used to produce a component of the RITM-200N reactor pressure vessel, which will become part of the plant.
In total, six RITM-200N reactor units are planned to be manufactured for Uzbekistan’s small nuclear power plant project.
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