TASHKENT, March 24. /TASS/. Workers have begun pouring concrete at the construction site of a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the press service of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom told TASS.

TASS has compiled the main information on the topic.

Concrete works are underway at the construction site of a small nuclear power plant with a RITM-200N reactor in the Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan, the Rosatom press service told TASS.

The Industrial Radiation and Nuclear Safety Committee of Uzbekistan has issued a permit for the use of a site for two power units with two RITM-200N reactor units, the press service added.

The State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and the Atomic Energy Agency of Uzbekistan (Uzatom) signed a roadmap for cooperation in the nuclear and related fields.