Policy and licensing / Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Committee resolution No. 39, 2026)
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.
- Category
- Laws, rules and executive directives
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- final rule · 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
- Issued by
- Committee for Industrial, Radiation and Nuclear Safety under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan
- Jurisdiction
- Uzbekistan
- Affects
- Siting
- In effect from
- 7 Mar 2026 · actual · day
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- LexUz: Committee resolution No. 39 of 16.02.2026 approving Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Uzbek original, reg. No. 3785) (Uzbek-language text in the National Legislation Database (reg. No. 3785))
- Record reviewed · next review
- 2026-10-18 · 2027-04-18 (dates our review of this record; not a statement of the measure's present legal effect)
Legal and geographic scope
Binding regulator resolution adopted under Presidential Decree PF-224 of 24 December 2024 and agreed with the national ecology committee, the construction ministry, the Atomic Energy Agency and the Academy of Sciences. Item 4 (Uzbek text) provides that a nuclear power plant may not be sited if the site suitability assessment finds active faults, a high groundwater level, seismicity with a maximum design earthquake above 8 points on the MSK-64 scale (maximum acceleration 4 m/s2 or more), sulfate or salt karst, or a prohibition under nature-protection legislation. Item 1 defines an active fault as a tectonic fault with relative displacement of 0.5 m or more between adjoining crustal blocks. Later chapters cover natural and human-made hazard assessment, environmental monitoring and environmental effects in site selection.
Not approved or still 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.
Dated lifecycle
- 16 Feb 2026 · actual · day · Issued — Resolution No. 39; registered by the Ministry of Justice on 6 March 2026 (No. 3785). (LexUz: Committee resolution No. 39 of 16.02.2026 approving Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Uzbek original, reg. No. 3785))
- 7 Mar 2026 · actual · day · Took effect (LexUz: Committee resolution No. 39 of 16.02.2026 approving Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Uzbek original, reg. No. 3785))
Definitions in this instrument
- фаол ёриқ (active fault) (Item 1): A tectonic fault along which relative displacement of 0.5 metres or more between adjoining crustal blocks has been observed.
Legal definition used by this instrument only; SMRMap's inclusion rule for SMRs is separate and unchanged.
Related instruments
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- LexUz: Committee resolution No. 39 of 16.02.2026 approving Requirements for the site and territory of a nuclear power plant (Uzbek original, reg. No. 3785) (regulator_primary, dated 16 Feb 2026, accessed 2026-10-18)