Programmes and agreements / prg-rw-nano-raeb-mou

NANO Nuclear Energy and Rwanda Atomic Energy Board memorandum on SMRs and microreactors (ZEUS, ODIN)

NANO Nuclear Energy signed a memorandum of understanding with the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board establishing a framework to facilitate the introduction of small modular reactors and microreactors such as NANO's ZEUS and ODIN designs in Rwanda, plus training and education support. It is a framework memorandum, not an order, no site or schedule is committed in the WNN report.

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

Cooperation agreement or MOU

Countries concerned

Rwanda

Participants and roles

• Developer or vendor: NANO Nuclear Energy
• Government: Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB)

Designs named

ODIN, ZEUS (no design profile)

Scale as stated

No unit count, capacity or site stated

Announced or first reported

Aug 2024

Status

Status not established
Memorandum of understanding, no site, order, licence application or later step found in the sources read

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

• Rwanda signs agreement with NANO Nuclear (reputable_press, published 16 Aug 2024, accessed 2026-10-14)
• WNA Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries profile listing (directory_or_aggregator, accessed 2026-10-06)