Russia and Uganda Sign Roadmap for Cooperation on Nakasongola Nuclear Power Plant Site Selection

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On October 30, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development confirmed that the two sides signed a roadmap for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy during the Third Russia-Africa Summit held in Moscow, planning to establish a dedicated working group to assess the current state of Uganda's national nuclear energy infrastructure and to study follow-up negotiation arrangements for the engineering survey contract for the Nakasongola nuclear power plant site. The two sides are currently in the preliminary cooperation and site selection study preparation stage.

The roadmap was signed by Nikolay Spassky, Deputy Director General and Director of International Business at Rosatom, and Irene Batebe, Permanent Secretary of Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. The two sides will conduct a joint assessment of Uganda's existing nuclear energy infrastructure and, based on the assessment results, determine the follow-up steps required for negotiations on the engineering survey contract.

Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, proposed that the two sides carry out training of local nuclear energy professionals in Uganda in parallel with the nuclear energy infrastructure assessment, building the technical capacity needed for nuclear power project development. The roadmap defines the direction of cooperation on personnel training and capacity building.

According to Uganda's nuclear power planning materials updated by the World Nuclear Association in October 2026, the Nakasongola nuclear power plant is planned to have six 1,200 MW units, with a total installed capacity of 7,200 MW. Uganda's nuclear power plan also includes proposed nuclear power plants at Buyende, Kiruhura and Lamwo. Among them, the Buyende nuclear power plant had already commissioned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power in May 2025 to carry out a 26-month candidate site evaluation.