Electricity generation from nuclear energy

Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008

President Umaru Yar’Adua in the bid to improve electricity supply which is crucial to the realisation of Vision 20-2020, has reiterated the need for Nigeria to generate electricity from nuclear power plants. As a result, a five-day national workshop on Security of Radioactive Sources in Land and Marine Transport was organised by the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and United States Department of Energy (USDOE).

The workshop which was held at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos was the 33rd public engagement the NNRA has organised over the past seven years for different operating organisations dealing with sources of ionizing radiation and nuclear materials in the country.

A representative of the US Department of Energy (USDOE), Mark Hawk, in his goodwill message noted that Nigeria is the first country to hold a national workshop on security of radioactive sources in land and marine transport. He stated that USDOE and IAEA are pleased to work with countries in the area of training, pledging the readiness of the US Department of Energy and IAEA to support Nigeria in this area.