Mali and Russia’s state-owned nuclear power engineering firm Rosatom signed three memoranda of understanding that aim to put Mali on the road to acquiring nuclear power. A Rosatom delegation led by Deputy Director General for International Relations Nikolay Spassky visited the Republic of Mali on July 2-3. The delegation included Grigory Nazarov, Director General of JSC NovaWind, a wind power subsidiary of Rosatom, according to Rosatom’s July 3 releaseRosatom’s July 3 release.
Mali currently has an installed electricity capacity of 310 MW, offering electricity to only 35% of its 20 million people. Since Mali has no nuclear infrastructure, the memoranda are designed to give the country the basic capabilities to begin the process that will eventually lead to acquiring a nuclear power plant.
The first memorandum involves The first memorandum involves strengthening the assessment and development of nuclear infrastructure in Mali and was signed for Mali by Minister of Energy and Water Bintou Camara. The second agreement concerns raising public awareness of the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The third concerns training managers in nuclear energy and was signed by the Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research Bourema Kansaye.
