Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation & Technology to start developing a Centre for Nuclear Science & Technology.

Rosatom will carry out a feasibility study and identify possible sites, reports Nuclear Engineering International.

Ethiopia’s technology minister Belet Mall said Rosatom would help Ethiopia develop nuclear energy and non-energy programmes.

Ilya Vergizaev, a divisional leader at Rosatom, said his company was working on “various projects and joint solutions for the development of nuclear and radiation technologies on the African continent”.

They might include a research reactor, laboratories, and a nuclear medicine facility.

The proposal includes training, fuel supply, maintenance, and other services.