A delegation of technical experts from the Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom has arrived in Burkina Faso to negotiate the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the West African country, local media outlet Burkina24 reported on August 6. ‘We place big hopes on this visit,’ said Yacouba Zabre Gouba, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Open Pits, in a statement reported by the news portal. ‘We are ready to discuss all the technical details, identify tasks we face to implement it [the project]. We hope construction of a nuclear power plant will make it possible for us to solve …
