AfrPowerOS country record
DR Congo's nuclear & energy program
DR Congo's nuclear power program status: None . Confidence-labelled, cited records on capacity, grid targets, regulators, vendors and key events, from the open AfrPowerOS dataset.
DR Congo — key facts
- CountryDR Congo
- RegionCentral Africa
- Program statusNone — No known civilian nuclear program
- Commercial reactors operating0
- Commercial reactors under construction0
- Research reactorTRICO-II (research reactor, restart project at CREN-K, Kinshasa)
- RegulatorComité National de Protection contre les Rayonnements Ionisants (CNPRI)
- Implementing agencyMinistry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation / CREN-K
- AgreementsIAEA technical cooperation project COD1014 (TRICO-II restart)
- ConfidenceVerified
- Last verified2026-08-16
Summary
No commercial nuclear power programme. IAEA technical cooperation project COD1014 (approved Jan 2026) supports restarting the TRICO-II research reactor at CREN-K in Kinshasa. Nuclear applications focus on research, health, agriculture and mining. CNPRI is the national regulator (created under Law 017/2002).
Key events
- 2026-01IAEA approves TC project COD1014 to restart the TRICO-II research reactor source
Sources
Confidence labels: Verified (primary source), Inference (reasonable reading of verified evidence), Speculation (hypothesis), Unverified (reported, not confirmed). See the methodology.