Programmes and agreements / prg-rw-rosatom-smr-roadmap

Rwanda Atomic Energy Board and Rosatom roadmap on small modular reactors (first Joint Coordinating Committee, 2026)

At the first meeting of the Rwanda-Russia Joint Coordinating Committee on nuclear energy in Moscow, the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board and Rosatom signed a roadmap on small modular reactors, alongside work on a nuclear science centre, personnel training and infrastructure. The roadmap names no design, site or plant and is not an order.

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

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

Designs named

—

Scale as stated

No design, unit count, capacity or site stated

Announced or first reported

29 Jun 2026

Status

Active
Cooperation roadmap, no design, site, order or plant commitment

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

• Rwanda and Rosatom Hold the First Meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee on Cooperation in the Nuclear Sphere (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Rwanda, Russian nuclear firm sign roadmap on small modular reactors (reputable_press, published 30 Jun 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Russia and Rwanda hold first nuclear energy joint committee meeting (reputable_press, published 1 Jul 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)
• Rwanda signs SMR roadmap (reputable_press, published 3 Jul 2026, accessed 2026-10-14)