PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of July 19, 2018 No. UP-5484

About measures for development of nuclear power in the Republic of Uzbekistan

The active investment policy performed in the country directed to expansion acting and creation of new production capacities, and also large-scale works on improvement of level and quality of life of the population require providing energy resources with reliable sources, requirement in which increases from year to year.

At the same time the needs of economy and the population of the republic for energy resources become covered now due to use of unrenewable energy resources, mainly hydrocarbonic raw material which resources are limited. At the same time, having huge inventories of uranium raw materials, the potential of nuclear power is almost not involved in the country.

For the purpose of satisfaction of the growing needs of the population and national economy for electrical energy, and also ensuring steady power supply due to increase in the generating capacities, diversification of the energy sector, peaceful use of atomic energy and implementation of the advanced innovative technologies in this direction:

1. Create the Agency on atomic energy under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (further - the Uzatom Agency).

Determine that the Uzatom Agency:

it is financed by the means of the Government budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other sources which are not prohibited by the legislation.

2. Determine the main objectives and activities of the Uzatom Agency in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy:

preparation of offers on the priority directions of state policy in the field of peaceful use of atomic energy, including development of regulatory legal acts;

development and implementation of state programs of development of nuclear power in the Republic of Uzbekistan, investment attraction, including foreign, for projects implementation in the field of nuclear power;

the conclusion of agreements and contracts on designing, construction and operation of objects of nuclear power with implementation of the modern technologies and the equipment meeting the international requirements of industrial and ecological safety;

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