卢旺达与俄罗斯国家原子能公司签核基础设施备忘录：涵盖小型模块化反应堆与核科技中心
卢旺达通讯社（RNA）10月31日报道，卢旺达原子能委员会（RAEB）与俄罗斯国家原子能公司（Rosatom）10月28日在莫斯科举行的第三届俄非峰会期间签署了一份核基础设施谅解备忘录。卢旺达驻俄罗斯大使 Nzabamwita 与 Rosatom 副总裁 Spassky 代表双方签署。
备忘录涵盖三方面合作：发展小型模块化反应堆（SMR）、建设核科学与技术中心，以及核领域人才培养。Nzabamwita 大使表示，相关建设工作即将展开，并将为卢旺达青年创造就业机会。
需要说明的是，这份文件是核基础设施评估与发展的备忘录，不是反应堆建设合同：反应堆技术路线、厂址、融资与许可均未确定。按卢旺达方面的规划，该国首批核电装机目标为110兆瓦，时间窗口在2030年至2033年。
卢旺达与俄罗斯的核能合作已有铺垫：两国2018年签署和平利用核能政府间协议，2019年签署核科学与技术中心协议，今年6月至7月又商定了小型模块化反应堆路线图，国际原子能机构（IAEA）今年7月对卢旺达的核基础设施作了审查。
Rosatom 总裁 Likhachev 透露，目前有102名卢旺达学生在俄罗斯高校学习。
Rwanda Signs Nuclear Infrastructure Memorandum with Russia's Rosatom Covering Small Modular Reactors
Rwanda's national news agency (RNA) reported on October 31 that the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB) and Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom signed a memorandum of understanding on nuclear infrastructure on October 28, on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow. Rwanda's ambassador to Russia, Nzabamwita, and Rosatom deputy director Spassky signed for the two sides.
The memorandum covers three areas of cooperation: developing small modular reactors (SMRs), building a Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology, and training personnel in the nuclear field. Ambassador Nzabamwita said the related construction work would begin soon and would create jobs for Rwandan youth.
The document is a memorandum on the assessment and development of nuclear infrastructure, not a reactor construction contract: the reactor technology, site, financing and licensing all remain undecided. Under Rwanda's plans, the country's first nuclear generation capacity is targeted at 110 megawatts in the 2030–2033 window.
The cooperation builds on earlier steps: an intergovernmental agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy in 2018, an agreement on a nuclear science and technology centre in 2019, a small modular reactor roadmap agreed in June–July this year, and an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review of Rwanda's nuclear infrastructure in July this year.
Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said 102 Rwandan students are currently studying at Russian universities.
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图片来源：图：卢旺达首都基加利市中心。摄影 Amakuru，CC BY，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Downtown Kigali, capital of Rwanda. Photo by Amakuru, CC BY, via Wikimedia Commons.
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