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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”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-us-african-nuclear-summit-concludes-in-ghana-11287149
World Nuclear Association and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) have signed a memorandum of understanding to support the economic growth and sustainable energy development of the African continent through the use of nuclear energy.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 13 October 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Partnership-to-support-nuclear-deployment-in-Afric
Kampala wants first unit online in early 2030s
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 11 August 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-and-china-will-provide-country-s-first-nuclear-reactors-president-says-8-4-2023
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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- 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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuganda-atomic-energy-council-denies-selection-of-site-for-npp-9722790
Uganda said on 11 May that it had acquired land for the construction of East Africa’s first NPP. Minister of State for Energy Okasai Sidronius Opolot made the announcement in a statement without identifying the site, Bloomberg reported. In 2017 Uganda said it planned to build a 2,000MWe NPP by 2032. Uganda, which depends mainly on hydro-electric power, plans to boost electricity generation capacity by almost 12-fold to 17,000MWe in the medium term, according to the Electricity Regulatory Authority.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 May 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuganda-acquires-land-for-first-npp-9695823
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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-african-association-of-radiopharmacy-established-9630017
Russia and Uganda have signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 26 September 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-signs-agreements-with-uganda-and-zambia-7424055
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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 31 May 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuganda-signs-a-co-operation-agreement-with-china-6168760