Programmes and agreements / prg-rw-holtec-raeb-smr300
Holtec International and Rwanda Atomic Energy Board development agreement for SMR-300 units (up to about 5 GW)
On 19 May 2026, at the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa in Kigali, Holtec International and the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board signed a development agreement to work together to deploy SMR-300 units in Rwanda, with a potential total capacity of up to about 5 GW. No site, first unit, order or licence application has been announced, the same occasion saw a separate US-Rwanda civil nuclear cooperation memorandum.
- Type
- Fleet agreement
- Countries concerned
- Rwanda
- Participants and roles
- Developer or vendor: Holtec International
- Government: Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB)
- Designs named
- Holtec SMR-300
- Scale as stated
- SMR-300 units with a potential total capacity of up to approximately 5 GW (unit count not stated)
- Announced or first reported
- 19 May 2026
- Status
- Active
Development agreement, no site, first plant, order or licence application named - 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
- Holtec International and Republic of Rwanda Sign a Comprehensive Development Agreement to Deploy SMR-300 Reactors in the Country (company_primary, published 19 May 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
- Holtec and Rwanda advance plans to deploy SMR-300s (reputable_press, published 20 May 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
- Rwanda Signs Nuclear Agreements With US And Reactor Developer Holtec (reputable_press, published 20 May 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
- WNA Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries profile listing (directory_or_aggregator, accessed 2026-10-06)