Rwanda appoints members to Atomic Energy board for power plant set up

A nuclear plant. Rwanda plans to use nuclear energy in agriculture to help increase and preserve agricultural produce. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Rwanda is going ahead with plans to set up a nuclear power plant, which the government says is needed to bridge supply gaps as the country targets middle income status in 14 years.

It is still unclear how much Kigali will invest in the two-phase project — with Rosatom Global, a Russian government nuclear parastatal — expected to see energy supply ramped up to more than 10,000 megawatts by 2035.