Tashkent, Aug. 24 -- Uzbek senators considered the Law "On the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes". Speakers noted that as a result of the active investment policy aimed at expanding the existing production capacities of the country, as well as the ongoing large-scale reforms to improve the level and quality of life of the population, the need for energy resources is increasing every year. This made it necessary to provide the economy and the social sphere with efficient and reliable sources of energy.

Today the Republic depends on natural gas as a natural energy resource. The use of this source in the total electricity production comprises 85%. Taking this into account, the Government considered various options for the developm...