- NuPEA has launched a strategic plan to guide the construction of its first nuclear power plant over the next five years.
- The new plan considers Kenya’s national development agenda and environmental analysis.
Kenya’s Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) has launched a strategic plan to guide the construction of its first nuclear power plant over the next five years.
NuPEA’s 2023–2027 Strategic Plan identifies six areas of focus: nuclear infrastructure development, stakeholder engagement and advocacy, energy research and innovation, energy capacity development, research reactor programme, and institutional sustainability.
NuPEA chairman Ezra Odhiambo said that the plan builds on the 2020–2025 Strategic Plan, which led to the progression of Kenya’s nuclear power development programme to phase II of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Milestone Approach. The new plan considers Kenya’s national development agenda and environmental analysis.
Under NuPEA, constructing the country’s first nuclear power plant will begin by 2034, and a research reactor will be commissioned by 2030. The power plant will be located in the counties of Kilifi and Kwale, while land has been cordoned off 64km south of Nairobi at the Konza Technopolis technology hub for the research reactor.
NuPEA said: “Today marks the beginning of yet another journey towards developing the nuclear power programme in Kenya as Nuclear Power and Energy Agency launches its Strategic Plan 2023–2027. During this period, the Agency is committed to implementing and executing the strategies to ensure the country is ready to commence the construction of the first nuclear power plant.