Rosatom expects Namibia to make a positive decision in the coming months on the Wings uranium project in the Omaheke region. Director General Alexey Likhachev described that expectation in a comment published by the company publication Strana Rosatom and reported by Interfax on 4 October.

The project is awaiting a decision

According to Likhachev, active negotiations on developing the project have taken place since the beginning of 2026. He said the required assessments had been prepared and the conclusions submitted to Namibia’s leadership. He linked the transition to implementing a specific project to the expected positive response. The update therefore describes the company’s position and expectations; it does not establish that Namibian authorities have already granted permission to begin uranium production.

The published comment does not identify an exact decision date. The reference to the coming months describes an anticipated period of waiting rather than a fixed date for starting work. It also provides no project budget, planned production volume, employment total or equipment commissioning schedule. Those parameters cannot be inferred from the statement or presented as approved company commitments.

Discussions include additional areas of cooperation

Likhachev noted that Rosatom had been working for several years on a possible presence in Namibia’s uranium industry. He said the country’s interests also included other areas of the corporation’s activities, including scientific research and non-energy applications of nuclear technology. These were identified as topics for cooperation. The report does not disclose separate signed agreements, participating research organisations or dates for launching specific scientific programmes.

  • The Wings project is being discussed for the Omaheke region.
  • Active negotiations have taken place since the start of 2026, according to the company’s head.
  • Rosatom expects a positive decision in the coming months.
  • Scientific cooperation and non-energy technologies are additional areas identified in the dialogue.

About the company and media contacts

Rosatom is Russia’s state corporation in the nuclear industry. This corporate update presents the status of an international project on the basis of a public comment by its leader. It preserves the distinction between an expected decision and an approval already received, and between discussing cooperation and beginning a specific production activity. Further information about the corporation’s activities is available through its official website: https://www.rosatom.ru/.

Media contact: Rosatom digital press office, press@rosatom.ru. The address is published on the contacts page of the corporation’s Atom Media press centre. Company website: https://www.rosatom.ru/.