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Buyende nuclear project to displace 10 Villages

By Philip Wafula & Sam Caleb Opio Over 25,000 locals across ten Villages in Buyende District are to be displaced as the long-awaited nuclear plant project kicks off. The Villages include; Kasaato, Buyanja ‘B’, Buyanja’ A’, Nawansaso, Butayunjwa, Kabalongo, Kiiga, Kyankoole, Kibaale, and Nakawa, all in Buyanja sub-county, Mr Solomon Muyita, the communications officer in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, says Buyende, with its robust geographical and environmental credentials, emerged the best out of 20 Districts in Uganda to host this monumental project following intensive studies since 2016. Some of the studies include; meticulous assessment undertaken by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review Mission done in December 2021, and discussions at the Africa Nuclear […]

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