President Museveni has said that Uganda and Africa in general are interested in nuclear electricity and not nuclear weapons.
Museveni said this while speaking at a meeting with a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency, led by the Director, Division of Nuclear Power for Africa, Aline Des Cloizeaux.
She was accompanied by Mikhail Chudakov, the Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy, and Mehmet Ceyhan from the same Agency.
President Museveni said Uganda and Africa at large want that power for electricity, for agriculture, and not for nuclear weapons.
According to a brief to the President, Uganda has so far trained 22 people at the level of Master’s degree in nuclear science noting that the country would soon start a school that will train the lower cadres in the field of atomic energy and thereafter embark on building the first-ever Atomic Energy plant in Uganda.
Cloizeaux gave Museveni a mission report on the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR), phase one, and thanked him for finding time under his busy schedule to meet them and discuss the report.
Cloizeaux said they commend Uganda’s cooperation throughout the first phase adding that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has come up with recommendations for Uganda to start building and production of nuclear power.
She said the first phase, they have concluded that Uganda is ready for the plant and the agency is ready for all the support through training.
