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Namibia hopes to build nuclear power station: official
Windhoek (AFP) Feb 15, 2008 Namibia hopes to construct a nuclear power station within ten years to ensure independent power supply in the face of a regional electricity crisis, a government official said Friday. "We are thinking of nuclear-generated energy," Joseph Iita, permanent secretary of the ministry of Mines and Energy told AFP. "The political position is already there, we are working with the Americans, the French and the South Africans." South Africa's neighbours have long relied on cheap energy from the continent's economic giant and were caught offguard by the nation's own recent electricity crisis. "The region has been spoilt," said Iita. "Now, it's over." Namibia, the world's fourth biggest uranium producer, will shortly publish new regulations governing the civil nuclear sector, mining and electricity production. And it planned a large-scale specialised training and capacity building programme. "We know that it is a long-term undertaking," said the official, adding the high cost would be worth it in the end. "This will take anything up to 10 years. There is nothing more expensive than the sovereignty of a country." The alternative, he said, was "to have black-outs" like those experienced in South Africa in recent months. Labelled a national emergency by the government, South Africa has had to cut electricity exports as large parts of the country is intermittently plunged into darkness through planned blackouts aimed at conserving dwindling supplies. The commercial capital Johannesburg has been hardest hit, and analysts have warned of foreign investors taking flight as everything from mining and factory production to traffic regulation has been affected. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Russia to double Bushehr personnel: official
Moscow (AFP) Feb 15, 2008Russia's nuclear constructor Atomstroiexport will nearly double its staff on the construction site of the Bushehr nuclear station Russia is building for Iran, the company's president said late Thursday. |
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