Areva South Africa, part of France's Areva SA (CEI.FR), will bid to construct
a nuclear power plant in Tanzania, The EastAfrican newspaper reports Monday.
Mohamed Madhi, chairman of Areva South
Africa
, told
the newspaper the firm is seeking opportunities in
East
Africa
to invest in nuclear power production.
"Areva is one of the companies that will be bidding for contracts to build
nuclear energy capability in
Tanzania
,"
the weekly quoted Madhi as saying.
Tanzania
is set to start mining uranium next year.