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Power Plant
Buyende nuclear power plant
4th-largest power plant in Uganda of 16 · top 5% worldwide (#1,253 of 29,849)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 2,000 MW
- Fuel
- nuclear
- Reactors
- 2
- Commissioned
- 2031
Comparable power plants · Uganda · 16 ranked
- #1Nakasongola nuclear power plant7.2 GW · nuclear
- #2Kiruhura nuclear power plant4.8 GW · nuclear
- #3Lamwo nuclear power plant4.0 GW · nuclear
- #4Buyende nuclear power plant2.0 GW · nuclear
- #5Ayago hydroelectric plant840 MW · hydro
- #6Karuma hydroelectric plant600 MW · hydro
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)