Rosatom starts production of reactor equipment for the first unit of low-power NPP in Uzbekistan

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Rosatom, PUBLISHED 13.05.2025

The AEM-Special Steels metallurgical plant (Rosatom's Mechanical Engineering Division enterprise) cast a 205-ton ingot of special alloy steel. It will be used by machine builders to create a flange for the RITM-200N reactor vessel for the low-power nuclear power plant (LPNPP) under construction in Uzbekistan that is designed by Rosatom.

Rosatom held a presentation of the manufacturing of the first element of reactor equipment at the Power Uzbekistan 2025 International Exhibition. Representatives of the country's energy industry, experts, heads of relevant ministries and departments, took part in the event.

Steel casting is the actual start of the process of creating a nuclear reactor. After all technological operations at AEM-Special Steels are completed, the metallurgical blank will be transferred to other enterprises of the division for the assembly of the reactor vessel into a single unit.

"The transition to the practical implementation of the low-power NPP construction project in Uzbekistan demonstrates the high interest of foreign partners in small nuclear technologies and their trust in Rosatom's solutions in this area. The enterprises of the Mechanical Engineering Division have the necessary capacities and experience in the manufacture of RITM series reactor units, which have been in operation in the icebreaker fleet for several years. Our expertise and competencies will be applied in the manufacture of all six RITM-200N reactor units for the LPNPP in Uzbekistan," said Igor Kotov, head of the Mechanical Engineering Division of Rosatom.

Topics: Rosatom, Uzbekistan

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