Kremlin offered nuclear power plants to four African countries The head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rostom, Alexei Lichchev, said he was discussing the construction of high-power nuclear power plants with four African countries. "Four other countries are discussing with us the construction of high-rise power plants. We are working on the issue substantially with Uganda and Ghana. We plan to start exploration work in Ethiopia in the near future. In Egypt, we plan to expand the largest construction site on Earth, the Al-Dabaa nuclear power plant, from four to six high power units," Likhachev said. According to him, nine countries have shown "significant interest" in the technology of small floating nuclear power plants developed by the concern, and substantial negotiations are underway with Egypt, Tanzania, Togo and Namibia. Today, only one nuclear power plant is operating on the African continent - the South African Coberg nuclear power plant, which was built in the mid-1980s using French technology. Rosatom is building Africa's second nuclear power plant, implementing the Al-Dabaa project in Egypt with Russian-designed VVER-1200 reactors with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts each. More details.