{"id":35272,"date":"2017-06-21T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uganda-russia-sign-pact-to-develop-nuclear-power\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T15:58:29","slug":"uganda-russia-sign-pact-to-develop-nuclear-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/uganda-russia-sign-pact-to-develop-nuclear-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda, Russia sign pact to develop nuclear power"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Uganda and Russia Tuesday signed a pact on development of uranium into nuclear power for \u201cpeaceful purposes.\u201d}<\/p>\n

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Uganda\u2019s State minister for Minerals Simon D\u2019Ujanga and Russia\u2019s deputy director-general of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, Nikolai Spasskiy in Moscow.
\nThe signing was made at the side-lines of ATOMEXPO, an international exhibition of the nuclear industry.<\/p>\n

The annual expo since 2009 brings together several players to discuss matters related to the nuclear energy industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Memorandum is the first agreement in the area of peaceful uses of atomic energy to be signed between the countries. It envisages the bilateral cooperation in wide range of spheres: development of nuclear infrastructure in Uganda, programmes for raising public awareness of nuclear technologies and its application, radioisotopes and radiation technologies\u2019 application in industrial, medical, agricultural sectors,\u201d reads a statement issued by Rosatom\u2019s press team.<\/p>\n

{{Uranium extraction}}<\/p>\n

Rosatom is a Russian state-owned nuclear corporation which runs uranium extraction and production and other nuclear activities in Russia and globally.<\/p>\n

Other areas of collaboration under the pact include, radiological and physical security, fundamental and applied researches, human resource training, and nuclear research centres based on multifunctional research reactors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe joint working group of Russia and Uganda will define the scope of work for implementation of the initiatives mentioned.<\/p>\n

The parties agreed to cooperate in the feasibility of implementing common projects referred to,\u201d the statement further reads.<\/p>\n

The Uganda-Russia agreement comes barely a month after Uganda\u2019s ministry of energy team led by Undersecretary Prisca Boonabantu travelled to China at the invitation of Zhonguan Engineering Corporation (CZEC), a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), as part of the ongoing discussions with Beijing to help Kampala develop peaceful nuclear at about $3 billion (UShs11 trillion).<\/p>\n

Nuclear discussions with Rosatom commenced last October shortly after the launch of the Uganda-Russian Joint Permanent Commission, an inter-governmental framework for economic, scientific and technical cooperation.<\/p>\n

The discussions followed a meeting between Rosatom\u2019s regional vice-president for Sub-Saharan Africa Viktor Polikarpov and President Museveni on providing professional training in nuclear infrastructure development.<\/p>\n

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Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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