On December 8-16, a scientific Olympiad Precise Energy was held in Tashkent, the Republic of Uzbekistan, for the first time. It was organized by Atomstroyexport JSC (Engineering Division of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom) with the support of Agency for the Development of Atomic Energy under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzatom).
Precise Energy is an annual Olympiad aimed at promotion of science and technologies and arousing the interest of talented young people in Russian nuclear technologies and nuclear power engineering.
More than 1,000 school pupils and students fr om 20 schools and universities of Tashkent took part in the event. They competed in math, physics and chemistry. Teachers from Ural Federal University (UFU) appeared in the final as experts, answered the questions of the participants and selected the winners.
The Olympiad winners are as follows:
School level — Ratmir Khaibullin, Academic Lytseum under Westminster International University in Tashkent;
Math — Mirshojon Razhabov, Tashkent Branch of NRNU MEPhI;
Physics — Khumuyun Mamasodikov, Tashkent Branch of NRNU MEPhI;
Chemistry — Khairullo Rozimukhamedov, Tashkent Branch of NRNU MEPhI.
“We have held the Olympiad in Uzbekistan for the first time, and I’d like to note that the youngsters demonstrated a genuine and unfeigned interest in natural science subjects. Our company not only builds the most state-of-the-art and safest nuclear power plants, we also implement various educational projects aimed at promoting young people’s interest in science and engineering jobs”, said Nina Dementsova, Head of Communications Division of Atomstroyexport JSC.
“At the Olympiad, many participants faced the tasks they had never solved before”, noted Sergey Usachev, Candidate of chemical sciences and teacher of chemistry in UFU. “I wish the talented young people to encounter over their lifetime tasks like these, the ones you want to solve. Such tasks help one become a real professional”.
Mirshojon Razhabov, the winner in math, was very glad of his victory: “Olympiads are a part of my life, and, by means of them, we can set up a team of young people able to demonstrate their talents and knowledge, work in the most efficient way. This is currently important not only for the technical field, but for any other area that can be of use for all the society”.
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On May 27, 2024, while the Russian President Vladimir Putin was making a state visit to Uzbekistan, MoM were signed in the presence of the heads of the Russian and Uzbekistan states, on amendments to the intergovernmental agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan. This document envisages the construction both of a large and small nuclear power plant (SNPP) in Uzbekistan, based on a Russian design.
On September 26, 2025, in Moscow, at the World Atomic Week international forum, documents were signed to expand cooperation between the Rosatom State Corporation and the Atomic Energy Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzatom), which fixed the agreement reached by the leaders of the two countries. The documents imply that the project would include two large-capacity power units based on VVER-1000 III+ generation reactors and two power units equipped with RITM-200N reactors, 55 MW each. The parties also signed the main terms of contracts for the supply of fuel for small and large nuclear power plants. It is the first project in the world wh ere small and large-capacity NPP units will be constructed on one site. In October 2025, works on the pit development started on the SNPP site. Currently, engineering survey, design and building of construction and installation base are under way.
Communications Division
Engineering Division of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom
The Engineering Division of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom unites the leading companies of the nuclear industry, namely: Atomstroyexport JSC (Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, branches in Russia and abroad), Joint Design Institute - Atomenergoproekt JSC (Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg branches - design institutes, branches in Russia and abroad, R&D branches) and subsidiary construction organizations.
The Engineering Division ranks first in the world by the order portfolio and the number of NPPs constructed simultaneously across the world.
About 80% of the Division’s revenues originate from foreign projects.
The Engineering Division implements construction projects for high-power NPPs in Russia and across the world, renders a full range of EPC, EP, EPC(M) services including project management and design activities, and develops Multi-D technologies for the management of complex engineering facilities. The Division relies on the achievements of the Russian nuclear industry and modern cutting-edge technologies.
We construct reliable and safe NPPs with Gen III+ VVER reactors that are in line with all international requirements and recommendations.