Russia

Kazakhstan's president has directed development of a century-long strategic uranium reserve, while the country's nuclear power plant pipeline expands with contracts signed and a second plant confirmed for China National Nuclear Corporation.

A new agreement signed at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow establishes a joint working group to assess Uganda's nuclear infrastructure and progress site-selection engineering surveys for the planned Nakasongola Nuclear Power Plant.

Nuclear fuel assemblies manufactured at Russia's Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant have been delivered to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant's second unit and placed in specialised storage, marking a new supply-chain milestone for Bangladesh's first nuclear power project.

Ethiopia's prime minister has confirmed plans for two 1200 MWe nuclear units, with three candidate sites shortlisted and a draft intergovernmental construction agreement with Rosatom under coordination.

Rosatom has signed an agreement to supply two FPU-100 floating nuclear power units to Indonesia, providing 200 MW of power to Halmahera Island. This marks the first export agreement for electricity from a floating power unit.