Programmes and agreements / prg-co-eje-cafetero-smr-viability-study

Universidad Nacional-led study of SMR viability in Colombia's Eje Cafetero (coffee region)

Researchers led by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with the Universities of Caldas and Quindío, the Quindío departmental government and other partners, are studying whether small modular reactors could be viable in Colombia's Eje Cafetero region, using computer simulations of technical, economic and social factors. The project was in final evaluation for national royalties funding in September 2026, it names no site and is not a plan to build.

Not a deployment project. SMR plans, agreements, studies and government programmes that are not (yet) a single deployment project. They are listed separately and are never counted as projects or reactors.

Type

Feasibility or siting study

Countries concerned

Colombia

Participants and roles

• Research: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Research: Universidad de Caldas
• Research: Universidad del Quindío
• Government: Gobernación del Quindío

Designs named

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Scale as stated

SMRs of 10-200 MW discussed generically, no units, site or municipality

Announced or first reported

15 Sep 2026

Status

Active
Research project awaiting royalties-system (SGR) funding, target of 2035 is aspirational, no site

Confidence

low

Last checked

2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)

Related deployment projects

• No related deployment project is recorded here.

Sources

• Investigadores estudian si Colombia puede tener su propio reactor nuclear en el Eje Cafetero, esto se sabe del proyecto (reputable_press, published 15 Sep 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)