Namibia: Govt Aims to Go Nuclear in 20 Years

GOVERNMENT has decided to build a nuclear power plant in Namibia within the next 15 to 20 years, Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina has confirmed.

Nghimtina on Tuesday told Engineering News Online on the sidelines of the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in Paris that although no firm date has yet been set for the commissioning of the nuclear power station, it is likely to happen in the second half of the next decade - perhaps 2025 or 2027.

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