In 2024, the construction of Uzbekistan's first nuclear power plant using small reactors will begin. The design, construction, and equipment supply for the NPP will be carried out by the Russian state corporation Rosatom. The plant will consist of six small RITM-200N reactors, each with a capacity of 55 MW (total capacity of 330 MW). The Central Asian republic has become the first foreign state to utilize serial small nuclear reactors of the new generation (since 2023, Russia has been constructing the first NPP using RITM-200N in Yakutia, set to launch in 2027, with new sites being prepared). The RITM-200N is based on the serial water-water nuclear reactor RITM-200, used on Russian icebreakers of project 22220. The installation has been perfected in production and is the most modern small nuclear reactor. The service life of the Russian reactor is 60 years. The construction of the first NPP using small reactors in Uzbekistan will take place in the Jizzakh region, with the plant being commissioned in stages, modularly, between 2029 and 2033. The financing for the construction is announced to come from Uzbekistan's budget without loans from Russia.