Programmes and agreements / prg-ng-national-nuclear-programme-smr

Nigeria national nuclear power programme evaluating SMRs and large reactors (NAEC, Geregu and Itu candidate sites)

Nigeria's September 2025 national report to the Convention on Nuclear Safety says the country is evaluating both large reactors and small modular reactors, participates in the US FIRST SMR programme, and has Geregu (Kogi State) and Itu (Akwa Ibom) as top candidate sites for nuclear power plants. No SMR technology, vendor or site assignment has been decided.

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

National plan

Countries concerned

Nigeria

Participants and roles

• Government: Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC)
• Government: Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA)
• Other participant: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power

Designs named

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Scale as stated

No SMR unit count or capacity, the report's demand scenarios cite two (or four) 1.2 GW units for large-reactor planning

Announced or first reported

24 Apr 2025

Status

Active
Programme in IAEA Milestones Phase 2 per the report, no SMR vendor, site assignment or licence

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

• Convention on Nuclear Safety: Nigerian National Report for the 10th Review Meeting (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-14)
• KHNP chief pursues nuclear energy partnerships with African nations (reputable_press, published 24 Apr 2025, accessed 2026-10-14)
• WNA Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries profile listing (directory_or_aggregator, accessed 2026-10-06)