Ghana is planning its first nuclear energy plant: what’s behind the decision

Ghana is planning its first nuclear energy plant: what’s behind the decision

By Seth Kofi Debrah, University of Ghana Ghana is considering bids from five companies for the construction of what would be its first nuclear power plant. The companies are: France’s EDF, US-based NuScale Power and Regnum Technology Group; China National Nuclear Corporation; South Korea’s Kepco and its subsidiary Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Corporation; and Russia’s Rosatom. The Conversation Africa’s Godfred Akoto Boafo interviewed […]

July 10, 2024 22

World

Bulgaria’s nuclear plant starts to replace Russian fuel

Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant began to use atomic fuel produced by US group Westinghouse in one of its reactors Monday, in the latest effort to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. The state-owned Kozloduy plant on the Danube river supplies more than a third of the country's electricity and has so far relied on Russian fuel for its two operational Soviet-built 1,000-megawatt reactors. The oldest reactor […]

June 10, 2024 27

Science & Technology

Russia says it may team with China to put first nuclear power plant on the moon

Russia and China are considering a collaborative project to install the moon's first nuclear power plant by the mid-2030s.

March 7, 2024 33

Environment

Japan to release more Fukushima water into Pacific

Japan will begin a fourth discharge of treated, radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from Wednesday. The owner of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO, has been releasing the water in batches since August last year. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.

February 27, 2024 21