Uganda - World Nuclear Outlook Report
Projection of future nuclear capacity in Uganda in 2050
|
Planned (MWe) |
Proposed (MWe) |
Potential (MWe) |
Government target (MWe) |
Total for 2050 (MWe) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
24,000 |
24,000 |
The Uganda Vision 2040 roadmap238 launched in April 2013 incorporates the development of significant nuclear capacity as part of the country's future energy mix, with 24 GWe of nuclear capacity by 2040.239 This ambitious goal was reiterated by the minister of state for energy and mineral development in June 2024.240
In May 2022 the country's Minister of State for Energy said the government had acquired land on which to site a nuclear power plant.241 The base case scenario was for two 1000 MWe units by 2031 with an expected cost of $9 billion.
In August 2023 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced that Russia and South Korea had been selected to build two nuclear power plants with a combined capacity of 15 GWe242.