Togo Expands Nuclear Safety Framework With New International Accords

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Tuesday, 06 January 2026 12:51

Togo Expands Nuclear Safety Framework With New International Accords

The Togolese government has approved accession to international nuclear safety and emergency conventions.
The decision covers rapid notification of nuclear accidents, international assistance, and protection of nuclear materials.
The move supports Togo’s broader push to develop civil nuclear uses despite projects remaining at an early stage.

Togo aims to strengthen its nuclear safety framework and plans to accede to several international conventions, including the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident. The government signaled this intention during its final Council of Ministers meeting of 2025, when it authorized the country’s accession to the instrument.

During the same session, the cabinet adopted three draft bills. These bills also cover the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency and the amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

The government said these international legal instruments seek to ensure rapid information sharing in the event of a nuclear incident, facilitate access to international assistance, and strengthen cooperation among states. Togolese authorities said future accession would help consolidate the prevention and management of radiological risks while securing civil uses of nuclear technology. These uses include applications in health, agriculture, scientific research, and training.

Although concrete civil nuclear developments remain at the project stage, the executive decision expands the national legal framework. The move builds on the June 2020 law governing the safe, secure, and peaceful use of nuclear technology.

In recent months, the country has also sent multiple signals supporting nuclear energy development. In January 2025, authorities created an Atomic Energy Commission to coordinate programmes related to peaceful nuclear applications in health, agriculture, scientific research, and energy.

At the international level, Togo won election in the same year to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency for the 2025–2027 term. In parallel, Lomé signed an agreement in late 2024 with a U.S. company to explore the use of nuclear micro-reactors for electricity generation, particularly for off-grid supply.

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