22 May Holtec International to Deploy SMR-300 Reactors in Rwanda
(Oilandgaspress) -–Holtec International and the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB) signed a Development Agreement to advance the deployment of Holtec’s SMR-300 in the Republic of Rwanda. The agreement, signed during the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA), marks a major concrete step by the central African country’s aspiration to become a trailblazer in advanced nuclear energy generation in the continent.
The agreement was signed by Rafael Marin, Director of Holtec Europe, and Dr. Fidele Ndahayo, CEO of the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board, alongside a U.S.–Rwanda civil nuclear cooperation MOU signed by the officials of U.S. and Rwanda. The signing ceremony was witnessed by senior officials from both governments, including Renee Sonderman, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation (ACN) for the U.S. State Department, and Dr. Usta Kayitesi, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda.
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