Programmes and agreements / prg-dz-iaea-joint-statement-smr
Algeria and IAEA joint statement prioritising SMRs for electricity and desalination (December 2025)
On 8 December 2025 the IAEA and Algeria signed a joint statement under which the IAEA will support Algeria in exploring nuclear energy options, including small modular reactors for electricity and seawater desalination, and offered an expert mission on SMR feasibility. In September 2026 Algeria's energy minister and the IAEA Director General reviewed progress under the agreement. No site, design or project has been named.
- Type
- Cooperation agreement or MOU
- Countries concerned
- Algeria
- Participants and roles
- Government: Government of Algeria (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energies)
- Other participant: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Designs named
- —
- Scale as stated
- No units, capacity, design or site, IAEA expert mission on SMR feasibility offered
- Announced or first reported
- 8 Dec 2025
- Status
- Active
Joint statement, feasibility mission offered, no project - Confidence
- medium
- Last checked
- 2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)
Related deployment projects
- No related deployment project is recorded here.
Sources
- IAEA and Algeria Sign a Joint Statement to Reinforce Cooperation on Nuclear Science and Energy (iaea_or_nea, published 9 Dec 2025, accessed 2026-10-14)
- L'Algérie discute avec l'AIEA pour se doter de centrales nucléaires modulaires (reputable_press, published 15 Sep 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
- Nucléaire : Grossi et Adjal font le point sur les SMR à Vienne (reputable_press, published 15 Sep 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)