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Africa: Seventeen Nations Express Interest in Nuclear Energy
SAIIA, 11 December 2020
Sixty years after the first nuclear weapons tests were conducted in Africa, many countries on continent are exploring how nuclear energy could be used for socio-economic… Read more »
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Ghana: Need for Stable Power Supply Drives Nuclear Option
SAIIA, 11 December 2020
The Republic of Ghana has a long and complicated history with nuclear energy dating back to the country's immediate post-independence period. Despite being derailed at multiple… Read more »
Africa Explores Nuclear Energy to Boost Power Supplies
Aiming to promote public debate on how Africa might harness nuclear power to achieve its development goals, writers for the South African Institute of International Affairs survey recent developments and examine the case of Ghana. Yarik Turianskyi and Jo-Ansie van Wyk write that Egypt is on the way to join South Africa as a generator of nuclear power, while Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria are still developing nuclear infrastructure, creating the necessary laws and regulations, training personnel and establishing a regulator. Isabel Bosman argues that the time is right for Ghana to pursue its nuclear aspirations alongside other renewable energy generation options to achieve the twin goals of economic development and consistent electricity supply.
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The Russian nuclear power corporation Rosatom has signed nuclear cooperation agreements with 18 African countries, as Russia accelerates its drive for nuclear business on the ... Read more »
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The debate over commissioning nuclear power stations, especially those built by Russia, has come to Nigeria. Precious C. Akanonu of the Abuja-based thinktank, the Centre for the ... Read more »
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Khammar Mrabit, the Director General of the Moroccan agency have said his country is ready have to exchange information and experience in nuclear radiation, help in capacity ... Read more »
