Africa just showed the world how fast nuclear can move - Energy News Beat

Africa just showed the world how fast nuclear can move with Small Modular Reactors

By Ronald Stein P.E., Olivia Vaughan & Steve Curtis Excerpt: When Rwandan President Paul Kagame stood up at the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris earlier this year, he didn’t talk like a leader he…

Africa just showed the world how fast nuclear can move - Energy News Beat

When Rwandan President Paul Kagame stood up at the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris earlier this year, he didn’t talk like a leader hedging his bets on energy policy. He talked like a determined man in a hurry. Kagame told the assembled audience that nuclear-generated electricity technology “is evolving in ways that benefit countries with small grids, allowing Africa to be among the early adopters,” and that small modular reactors in particular ar…