Russian state-owned company Rosatom is in advanced talks with Egypt, Togo, Namibia and Tanzania over the supply of floating nuclear power plants as part of efforts to expand nuclear energy production in Africa.
The proposed units are expected to have a capacity of around 100 megawatts and use compact RITM-200M reactors adapted to operate in warmer climatic conditions. The plants are installed on vessels and can be transported to the locations where they will generate electricity.
According to the company, the model could reduce the need to build large-scale nuclear infrastructure on land and make it easier to supply electricity to countries with smaller power grids.
Rosatom estimates that dozens of African countries with access to the sea could potentially host this type of solution. The company also proposes to provide maintenance and reactor refuelling under power supply agreements.
In Togo, Rosatom and the ministry responsible for energy signed a memorandum of understanding to assess opportunities for cooperation in nuclear energy and other peaceful applications of the technology, without the document amounting, at this stage, to a contract to build a power plant.
29/10/2026
