Morocco’s National Center for Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (CNESTEN) and the International Atomic Energy Agency inked two major partnership agreements in Vienna on Monday. The agreements were initialed by CNESTEN and IAE Director Generals, Hamid Marah and Rafael Mariano Grossi, on the sidelines of the Agency’s 68th General Conference. The first agreement concerns the […]
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Russia approves nuclear cooperation agreement with Morocco
The government of the Russian Federation has just approved a cooperation agreement between Moscow and Rabat in the field of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. The ordinance enacting this decision was signed by Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Michoustine, on Wednesday, reported the Russian news agency Tass. The agreement, providing for cooperation between […]
Morocco, US Co-sign joint statement on radiological & nuclear emergency response
Morocco and the United States have co-signed, in Vienna, a joint statement on strengthening cooperation in preparedness and response to radiological and nuclear emergencies. The statement, inked on the sidelines of the ongoing 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is part of the long-standing partnership between Morocco and the United States […]
IAEA partners with Morocco to promote nuclear techniques in Africa
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has teamed up with Morocco’s National Center for Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology (CNESTEN) to promote nuclear techniques in Africa, particularly in water resource management. The two parties have agreed to join efforts to encourage the use of isotope hydrology tools both in Morocco and in Africa. This […]
Morocco’s CNESTEN, Hungarian Center poised to upgrade cooperation in nuclear energy
The Moroccan National Center for Energy, Nuclear Science and Technology (CNESTEN) and the Hungarian Energy Research Center have signed on Tuesday an agreement providing for strengthening cooperation between the two centers in the field of nuclear energy. The agreement translates the interest given by the two institutions to scientific and technical cooperation and their shared […]
Morocco to Add Nuclear Power to Long-term Energy Mix- Official
Nuclear power may be well included in Morocco’s energy mix as the country forges ahead with its strategy to promote clean energy and efficiency, said Khalid El Mediouri, Director General of the National Centre for Nuclear Energy, Sciences and Technology Techniques (CNESTEN) and Chair of the Nuclear Power and Seawater Desalination Committee (CRED). “Morocco’s national […]




