Morocco - WNA Nuclear Century Outlook

Overview

• The Moroccan government has plans for building an initial nuclear power plant in 2016-17 at Sidi Boulbra, and Atomstroyexport is assisting with feasibility studies for this.

• For desalination, Morocco has completed a pre-project study with China, at Tan-Tan on the Atlantic coast, using a 10 MWt heating reactor which produces 8000 m³/day of potable water by distillation.

• In October 2007 a partnership with France to develop a nuclear power plant near Marrakesh was foreshadowed and a nuclear energy cooperation agreement was signed.

• Plans for 2GWe of nuclear capacity to be built in the 2020-2030 period were included Morocco's 'NAMA' submission to the UNFCCC's Copenhagen Accord

Supporting Information

WNA's Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries Profile 

Nuclear named for Copenhagen reductions 2 February 2010
Areva, OCP agreement on Moroccan phosphates 23 October 2007