Rwanda: Presidential Order N° 127/01 establishing the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (2020)
Rwanda's Presidential Order of 3 December 2020 established the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board to promote peaceful use of atomic energy, advise the Government and promote and support the construction of nuclear energy installations for electricity. It is an institutional measure; it names no project and grants no licence.
- Category
- Laws, rules and executive directives
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- executive order · Presidential Order N° 127/01 of 03/12/2020 establishing Rwanda Atomic Energy Board; Official Gazette n° Special of 04/12/2020; in force on publication (Article 31)
- Issued by
- President of the Republic of Rwanda
- Jurisdiction
- Rwanda
- Affects
- State programme administration
- In effect from
- 4 Dec 2020 · actual · day
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- RAEB: Presidential Order N° 127/01 of 03/12/2020 establishing Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (Official Gazette n° Special of 04/12/2020) (Official Gazette n° Special of 04/12/2020 (English column))
- Record reviewed · next review
- 2026-10-18 · 2027-04-18 (dates our review of this record; not a statement of the measure's present legal effect)
Legal and geographic scope
Establishes the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB) as a non-commercial public institution headquartered in Kigali. Its mission is to promote peaceful use of atomic energy for sustainable socio-economic development (Article 6). Its responsibilities include advising the Government on atomic energy, determining peaceful uses of nuclear power and other applications, building partnerships, promoting and supporting the construction and maintenance of nuclear energy installations for electricity production and other applications, supervising and managing the acquisition and use of nuclear fuel, and managing nuclear waste (Article 7).
Not approved or still pending
The order creates a promotion and implementation body; it provides no budget figure, names no project or site and grants no licence. RAEB's agreements with vendors are recorded separately as programmes. A government nuclear programme roadmap was not found as an official text.
Dated lifecycle
- 3 Dec 2020 · actual · day · Signed (RAEB: Presidential Order N° 127/01 of 03/12/2020 establishing Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (Official Gazette n° Special of 04/12/2020))
- 4 Dec 2020 · actual · day · Published — Official Gazette n° Special; in force on publication (Article 31). (RAEB: Presidential Order N° 127/01 of 03/12/2020 establishing Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (Official Gazette n° Special of 04/12/2020))
Definitions in this instrument
- atomic energy (Article 3): Energy released by atoms in atomic reactions, also called nuclear energy because it is released during nuclear fission or fusion.
Legal definition used by this instrument only; SMRMap's inclusion rule for SMRs is separate and unchanged.
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- RAEB: Presidential Order N° 127/01 of 03/12/2020 establishing Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (Official Gazette n° Special of 04/12/2020) (government_primary, published 4 Dec 2020, accessed 2026-10-18)