Uganda to build two nuclear power stations with Russia and South Korea
Russia and South Korea have embarked on a joint venture to construct two nuclear power facilities in Uganda with the capacity to produce a total of 15,600 MW of electricity.
One of the nuclear stations will generate 7,000 MW while the other will produce 8,400 MW of electricity.
The development comes at a time Uganda has banned the exportation of unprocessed iron ore and timber resources.One unit will generate 7,000MW while another would produce 8,400MW, but the timeline and the funding of the projects isn’t yet known.
“We have agreed with the Russia and South Korea to build two uranium power stations for electricity,” President Museveni said at a coffee summit on Tuesday.
This is not the first time government officials have talked about the construction of a nuclear station in Uganda. In 2016, Russian owned Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation officials visited Uganda and signed a deal with state authorities on the development of the nuclear station, but the project didn’t take off.
The country has also set a 2031 target to produce electricity using nuclear energy. The Ugandan government plans to produce up to 1,000 MW of power from nuclear sources by 2031 as part of efforts to diversify the country’s energy mix and introduce alternative forms of clean power to the national grid.
Power will be generated at the country’s inaugural nuclear facility, the Buyende Nuclear Power Plant, set to be located at Buyende approximately 150 km north of the capital city Kampala.
