Policy and licensing / Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan: SMR policy and licensing

Selected federal, state, territory, and national measures whose official text was opened. This is not a complete list of laws, rules or programmes for any jurisdiction. A jurisdiction without a page here is not a finding that it has no policy, and these pages do not rate or prefer any jurisdiction. Nothing here implies that a project is eligible for, or approved under, any measure.

Laws, rules and executive directives

• Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-565 on the Use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes (2019) · In effect
  Закон Республики Узбекистан от 09.09.2019 г. № ЗРУ-565 «Об использовании атомной энергии в мирных целях»; in force 10 September 2019; amended by Law No. ZRU-1140 of 21 April 2026 · Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan; signed by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan · affects: National reactor licensing, Siting, State programme administration
  Uzbekistan's 2019 Law on the Use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes requires licences from the Committee for Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety for building and operating nuclear installations, reserves the construction decision to the President and the site choice to the Cabinet of Ministers, and requires a regulator permit to use the site. It was last amended in April 2026. It is a framework statute, not a project permission.
  Not approved or pending: The Russian text of the 2026 amendments is marked as an unofficial translation; the Uzbek official text was not compared. The 2021 amendment was not opened. No presidential construction decision, Cabinet site decision or site permit for a specific project is established here.
• Uzbekistan: Presidential Resolution PP-188 on the Atomic Energy Agency and its development fund (2024) · In effect
  Постановление Президента Республики Узбекистан от 24.05.2024 г. № ПП-188 «О мерах по эффективной организации деятельности Агентства по атомной энергии при Кабинете Министров»; in force 25 May 2024; amended by Decree UP-224 of 24 December 2024 · President of the Republic of Uzbekistan · affects: Project funding, State programme administration
  Uzbekistan's 2024 presidential resolution PP-188 organises the Atomic Energy Agency, including a directorate for building the nuclear power plant, and creates a Fund for Development of the Atomic Energy Use Sphere financed partly by 4% of Navoiyuran dividends that may be spent on tasks for building atomic energy facilities. It names no project and records no disbursement.
  Not approved or pending: No amount, disbursement or allocation to a specific project is stated, and the Jizzakh small nuclear plant is not named. Decree UP-79 and the presidential acts on the Jizzakh plant were not opened.
• Uzbekistan: Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Committee resolution No. 39, 2026) · In effect
  Resolution No. 39 of 16 February 2026 approving the Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Атом электр станцияси майдончаси ва ҳудудига қўйиладиган талаблар); registered by the Ministry of Justice 6 March 2026, No. 3785; in force 7 March 2026 · Committee for Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan · affects: Siting
  Uzbekistan's nuclear safety committee set binding site requirements for nuclear power plants in force from 7 March 2026: a plant may not be sited where there are active faults, high groundwater, seismicity above 8 points (MSK-64), sulfate or salt karst, or a nature-protection ban. The rules name no site and are not a site permit.
  Not approved or pending: Read in the Uzbek original with an English gloss; no official Russian text was available. Chapters 2 to 5 were not read in full. The resolution names no site and grants no site permit.

Bills, proposed rules and consultations

• None recorded in this pilot.

Funding and support programmes

• None recorded in this pilot.

Recorded applications and decisions for tracked projects and designs in Uzbekistan

Project and design permissions are separate from the general measures above.

Site applications and decisions

• Permit to use the site for nuclear installations (Farish district NPP site) — RITM-200N Jizzakh
  Site permission · Issued / approved · Committee for Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan · decided 23 Mar 2026
  Regulator's own news item dated 4 June 2026 states the permit was issued on 23 March 'of the current year'. Site permit covers the NPP site (RITM-200N and VVER units share it per Rosatom); the item does not give a permit number.
  Sources: Uzbekistan regulator: RITM-200N construction-licence decision, 4 June 2026

Construction applications and decisions

• Licence for construction of an NPP power unit with a RITM-200N reactor — RITM-200N Jizzakh
  Construction permission · Issued / approved · Committee for Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan · decided 4 Jun 2026
  Council of the Committee decided 'today' (item dated 2026-06-04) to issue the licence for construction of one power unit (singular 'энергоблока'); the Committee's notice states no licence number or holder. Covers one of the two RITM-200N units. Uzatom states that the licence was issued to the state institution Directorate for the Construction of the Nuclear Power Plant; the licence number is not published.
  Sources: Uzbekistan regulator: RITM-200N construction-licence decision, 4 June 2026; Uzatom: Historic start - construction of the integrated nuclear power plant begins in Uzbekistan (4 June 2026)

What this review has read for Uzbekistan

As of 18 Oct 2026. Bounded review concluded. A bounded review of three national source classes, not a complete list of laws, rules or programmes. Coverage for every reviewed country.

• Controlling reactor licensing framework: Evidence read. Law No. ZRU-565 of 9 September 2019 and its amending Law No. ZRU-1140 of 21 April 2026 were read in the national legislation database in Russian, where the 2026 wording is marked as an unofficial translation of the Uzbek text; the Atomic Energy Agency news page did not display its text.
• Siting restrictions or rules: Evidence read. The nuclear safety committee's resolution No. 39 of 16 February 2026 on nuclear power plant site and territory requirements was read in the Uzbek original in the national legislation database; the siting articles of Law No. ZRU-565 are counted under the licensing class.
• Directly relevant support measures: Evidence read. Presidential Resolution PP-188 of 24 May 2024 (Atomic Energy Agency and its development fund) and Decree UP-5484 of 19 July 2018 (creation of the Uzatom agency) were read in the national legislation database; no presidential act on the Jizzakh small nuclear plant was found in the database's national-legislation results.

Sources read (5):

• lex.uz/ru/docs/4506948 · checked 2026-10-18
• lex.uz/ru/docs/8159838 · checked 2026-10-18
• lex.uz/docs/8076463 · checked 2026-10-18
• lex.uz/ru/docs/6937308 · checked 2026-10-18
• lex.uz/ru/docs/3829106 · checked 2026-10-18

Sources that could not be read (1):

• gov.uz/ru/uzatom/news/view/188613 · checked 2026-10-18 · not readable: Page body rendered by JavaScript; no article text in the response.