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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy has concluded the first-ever US Africa Nuclear Energy Summit (USANES) in Accra, Ghana. The summit was organised in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and the Nuclear Power Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. DOE said it “provided a platform for crucial dialogues and international cooperation on nuclear energy” where “participants from across the continent discussed the future of nuclear power and laid a foundation for sustainable nuclear energy growth in the region”.

Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-us-african-nuclear-summit-concludes-in-ghana-11287149

Ugandan Energy & Minerals Minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu said in a statement that Uganda expects to start generating at least 1000 MWe from nuclear power by 2031. This is part of Uganda’s moves to diversify its sources of electricity and accelerate its energy transition in response to climate change.

Date: Saturday, 18 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuganda-plans-to-begin-nuclear-power-generation-by-2031-10682589

The choice of nuclear power is a "very wise" one, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told the opening of the 2nd Africa Nuclear Business Platform Conference. Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with nuclear energy sector partners from Argentina and South Korea during the conference in Kampala.

Date: Saturday, 18 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-a-wise-choice,-says-President-of-Uganda

The CEO and Secretary of Uganda’s Atomic Energy Council (AEC), Noah Deogratias Luwalira, said on 21 May that media reports indicating that Mpoma in Mukono District had been chosen as the site of Uganda’s first NPP. Uganda has not selected a site for the proposed plant, he stressed, adding that the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has not yet identified a site.

Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuganda-atomic-energy-council-denies-selection-of-site-for-npp-9722790

Specialists from twenty-one countries in Africa have for the first time formed an African Association of Radiopharmacy (AfrAR) to strengthen their capacities and better meet national needs for the safe preparation and administration of radiopharmaceuticals used in diagnosing, treating and managing cancer and other diseases, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 12 April. 

Date: Friday, 15 April 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-african-association-of-radiopharmacy-established-9630017

The Ugandan government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to cooperate in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The MOU is in support of Uganda’s plans to produce 2000MWe of power from nuclear plants within 10-15 years.  

Date: Thursday, 31 May 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuganda-signs-a-co-operation-agreement-with-china-6168760

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on 18 January that, unless solar becomes a cheaper alternative source of clean energy, Africa and Uganda, in particular, will have to use nuclear energy.

Date: Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuganda-looks-to-nuclear-6033263