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Africa / Russia And Rwanda Sign Agreement On Nuclear Research Centre

By Kamen Kraev
18 October 2019

Russia And Rwanda Sign Agreement On Nuclear Research Centre
Russia and Rwanda have signed an agreement to build a nuclear science and technologies centre in the African country, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.

The agreement was signed by Rosatom’s director-general Alexei Likhachev and Rwanda’s minister of infrastructure Claver Gatete during the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.

Rosatom said the nuclear centre will be a platform for a range of scientific research and practical applications of nuclear technologies, including the production of radioisotopes for industry, agriculture and healthcare.

According to Rosatom, the research centre will host a 10-MW water-cooled reactor and a number of laboratories.

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