Overview
- Ministry of Energy and Mines organized the I Foro Internacional in Lima on July 7–8 to present identified uranium resources and to frame lithium and uranium as strategic for the green transition.
- Speakers at the forum, including former IPEN president Rolando Paucar and engineer Shirly Rodríguez, argued uranium can support more than power by enabling medical radioisotopes, industrial irradiation and other scientific uses.
- Specialists highlighted the fit of modern nuclear options, such as small modular reactors and microreactors, for reliable power at remote mining sites, desalination plants and hydrogen production.
- Across coverage experts warned the current Supreme Decree that labels the minerals strategic lacks operative legal guarantees and called publicly for a dedicated technical law to give investors long‑term certainty and build human capital.
- Longer term coverage notes Peru must do more than mine raw ores: officials and analysts say the country needs rules, training, labs and value‑chain development to turn geological potential into industrial and social gains.