{"id":120943,"date":"2026-03-22T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:45:48","slug":"rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Advances Nuclear Power in Energy Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda is making progress towards adding nuclear power to its energy mix, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday, citing the development of the necessary infrastructure for a safe, secure and sustainable nuclear power program.<\/p>\n<p>The assessment was released following a recent review of the country\u2019s progress by a team from the agency conducted at the request of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda plans to supply 60%-70% of its power from nuclear energy long-term, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>The country expects its first small modular reactor to be operational by the early-2030s.<\/p>\n<p>In its assessment, the IAEA said the review team noted the progress made in the areas of drafting a new comprehensive nuclear law, initiating work to enhance the regulatory framework for a nuclear power program, conducting site surveys and identifying candidate sites for the planned small modular reactor project.<\/p>\n<p>Mehmet Ceyhan, technical lead of the IAEA nuclear infrastructure development section and team leader for the mission, said the level of preparation and involvement from all participating organizations and teams during the mission reflected a deep commitment to the program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda is making progress towards adding nuclear power to its energy mix, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday, citing the development of the necessary infrastructure for a safe, secure and sustainable nuclear power program. The assessment was released following a recent review of the country\u2019s progress by a team from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":120942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14,772],"tags":[7538,9491,7088,758],"class_list":["post-120943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-iaea","tag-international-atomic-energy-agency","tag-nuclear-power","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rwanda Advances Nuclear Power in Energy Strategy - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda is making progress towards adding nuclear power to its energy mix, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rwanda Advances Nuclear Power in Energy Strategy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda is making progress towards adding nuclear power to its energy mix, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-22T14:37:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-22T14:45:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/sm_1774177941.556823.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rwanda Advances Nuclear Power in Energy Strategy\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-22T14:37:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-22T14:45:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/03\/sm_1774177941.556823.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"IAEA\",\"International Atomic\u00a0Energy Agency\",\"nuclear power\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-advances-nuclear-power-in-energy-strategy\",\"name\":\"Rwanda Advances Nuclear Power in Energy Strategy - 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