Senegal to set up a Centre of Excellence for Nuclear Science and Technology with INSTN in Dakar

INSTN and Senegal’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, with IAEA support, signed a partnership agreement for a project to set up a Centre of Excellence for Nuclear Science and Technology.

At the IAEA General Conference held in Vienna from the 17^th to the 21^st of September, INSTN and Senegal’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, with IAEA support, signed a partnership agreement for a project to set up a Centre of Excellence for Nuclear Science and Technology. As such, INSTN will assist Senegal in the development of teaching in the field of nuclear power reactors and nuclear applications in human health. The agreement also covers the creation of a distance learning platform, the training of Senegalese experts and students in nuclear science and technology, as well as knowledge transfer, in accordance with IAEA regulations. The agreement will also allow the CEA and TechnicAtome to further develop their relations with Senegal, whose influence in Africa is growing.