A delegation of Uzbekistan takes part in the XI ATOMEXPO-2019 forum

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The ATOMEXPO Forum is held annually on the initiative of Rosatom State Corporation and has established itself as the largest international exhibition and business platform where the current state of the nuclear industry is discussed, and trends for its further development are being formed.

This year, the forum is held from 15 to 16 April in the city of Sochi and the main theme of the 11th ATOMEXPO Forum is “ATOMIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR A BETTER LIFE,” the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan said.

The forum participants will consider global issues of carbon-free energy development, a responsible approach to ecology and natural resources, green investments, international partnership for sustainable development.

At the exhibition, the leading companies of the global nuclear industry and related industries present their innovations, a wide range of advanced nuclear technologies, new products and solutions, including those not related to energy. The exhibition area was more than 13,000 square meters. meters This year 1500 participants from 74 countries take part in this event.

Within the framework of ATOMEXPO-2019, the second time will be held the ceremony of awarding the international prize ATOMEXPO AWARDS, awarded for contribution to the development and use of atomic technologies for the benefit of mankind. Projects from 25 countries, including Uzbekistan, are participating in the award.

More than 4,000 delegates and guests from 68 countries (in 2017 there were 65, in 2016 - 55 countries) took part in the anniversary ATOMEXPO Forum in 2018. The volume of the exhibition was more than 20 thousand square meters. meters (in 2017 - 12 thousand square meters. m). The total number of participating companies exceeded 600. On the margins of ATOMEXPO-2018, 39 agreements and other documents on cooperation and partnership, including commercial agreements, were concluded.

Uzbekistan last year for the first time took part in the forum in connection with the republic’s plans for the development of atomic technologies and the intensification of cooperation with Russia in the field of the peaceful atom.

This year a broader program of participation of the delegation of Uzbekistan at ATOMEXPO is presented. The delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Agency for the Development of Nuclear Energy under the Ministry of Energy, the Academy of Sciences, the State Committee for Industrial Safety.

Within the framework of the forum, meetings and negotiations with partners and other companies to discuss the prospects of cooperation in the framework of the project for the construction of nuclear power plants in Uzbekistan.