According to Alexey Likhachev, head of Rosatom, about nine hundred citizens of Uzbekistan are receiving education in Russian higher educational institutions in fields related to nuclear energy. These future specialists undergo practical training on operating Russian reactors and master work on specialized simulators.
Alexey Likhachev announced this on October 23 during the youth forum 'Atom-2050'. Additionally, about 350 students are studying at the Tashkent branch of MIFI.
Special attention is paid to training personnel for the operation of small nuclear reactors. It is expected that the first contracts for training such specialists in Uzbekistan will be signed in 2027.
More than a thousand workers are currently employed at the site of the future NPP. According to Likhachev, the staff size is planned to double next year, and at the completion stage of construction, it could reach 12–13 thousand people. The head of Rosatom also noted that Uzbek contractors will be able to carry out up to forty percent of the work on this project.
Likhachev emphasized Rosatom's readiness to participate in new nuclear initiatives in Uzbekistan after the completion of current cooperation, but he did not disclose specific details of the potential expansion of the partnership.
Previously, delegations from Uzatom and Rosatom visited the construction site of the city of nuclear engineers located in the Farish district of the Jizzakh region. This project includes the construction of approximately ten thousand housing units for a population of almost thirty-three thousand people, as well as the creation of necessary social and medical infrastructure, including schools and kindergartens.