The government of Burkina Faso is expressing optimism over the construction of a nuclear power plant with the support of Russia.

The new Burkinabe Agency for Atomic Energy is expected to allow access to electricity throughout the entire country and to boost industrialization.

A delegation from the Russian National Atomic Energy Company recently visited Burkina Faso.

Augustine Kollie has the rest of the details in this report filed in by Ouagadougou correspondent, Martin Kaba.