[UPDATED] Rosatom used the occasion of the Annual Nuclear Power Exhibition in Moscow this week to sign two more important agreements for nuclear power exportation, signing accords with Uganda and Sudan, Wednesday.
At the conference, Rosatom has already signed an agreement to sell 49 percent of a four-reactor project at Akkuyu, Turkey, to three Turkish construction and energy companies.
On Wednesday, Uganda's State Minister for Minerals Simon D'Ujanga, along with Rosatom Deputy Director General Nicolai Spasskkiy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding that could allow Uganda to become the second African country with a nuclear power plant (South Africa being the first).The agreement covers cooperation factors for domestic nuclear power, research, training Ugandans, and medical uses.
The Middle East Monitor reported that Rosatom also signed agreements with Sudanese representatives that could bring nuclear power to Sudan soon.
The deals with Sudan was signed by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachov and Sudan's State Minister of Water Resources, Irregation and Electricity Yousif Hamza.
Sudan has previously signed agreements with the China National Nuclear Corporation, as it seeks to increase its power generation to accommodate a growing population.