Specialists at AEM-Spetsstal's Petersburg plant, belonging to the Rosatom device Construction Division, began production of the RITM-200N reactor block for the low power atomic power plant to be built in Uzbekistan.
A press release by the Russian corp Rosatom states that metallurgists have cast off a staff of peculiar alloy steel of 205 tonnes, designed to make a body collar (element connecting the body to the advanced block cover) of a reactor installation for the Uzbek atomic power plant. According to Rosatom, the presentation of the production of the first part of equipment took place at the Power Uzbekistan-2025 global fair, where experts from the energy manufacture gathered, including heads of applicable ministries and departments. The corporate press office adds that the actual beginning of the atomic reactor process is steel spilling. After all operations in the metallurgical plant have been completed, the semi-fabricated plant will be transferred to another companies to assemble the reactor equipment body into 1 assembly. "The Engineering Division has the essential processing capacity and experience in the production of RITM series reactor blocks, which have been utilized in the icebreaker fleet for respective years. Our cognition and experience will be utilized to produce all six RITM-200N reactor blocks for the Uzbekistan atomic power plant" – emphasised Igor Kotov, Head of the Rosatom device Construction Division.
A cooperation agreement between Uzbekistan and Russia in the atomic field, covering the construction of the first Uzbek atomic power plant, was signed in December 2017. The launch of the first power block, costing $11 billion, is scheduled for 2028. On May 27, 2024, during a visit by Russian president Vladimir Putin, a fresh contract was signed with Rosatom to design, supply and build a low power atomic power plant. A tiny atomic power plant in Uzbekistan will be built on the basis of a RITM-200N atomic force reactor, which was utilized in atomic icebreakers and has proven to be in practice in marine applications. However, the ground station equipped with these reactors has not yet been built, so it cannot be considered as a full mention station. On the question of whether Uzbekistan would become an experimental experimental test ground for this technology, Uzatom's head, Azim Achmedchadjaev, replied that there is no specified hazard due to the fact that these technologies are adapted to ground operations and the rule of operation remains the same.
Source: Fergana Agency
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