The Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) has disclosed that Nigeria is ripe and ready to go into the next level of power generation through the nuclear reactor.
The Commission, in collaboration with the Centre for Energy Research and Training (CERT), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria would deploy nuclear science and technology to strengthen electric power generation in Nigeria.
Prof. Yusuf-Aminu Ahmed, Chairman of the NAEC, disclosed this during the 20th Anniversary Symposium of Nigeria’s first Nuclear Research Reactor-1 (NNR-1) in Zaria on Thursday.
Ahmed said the experience developed over the years on nuclear power at the centre makes Nigeria ripe and ready to go into the next level of power generation through the nuclear reactor.
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In his words, “We have used the reactor for research and development over the years and now we are going to use the reactor for the purpose of generating electricity.
“ Bola Tinubu has already given the commission a mandate to see how it contributes in the clean energy sphere of Nigeria and the nuclear energy programme of Nigeria would participate”, he added.
He explained that the time for the project would not be open for the public; however, Ahmed added that international partners and vendors were working closely with the commission over the project.
He stated that the intergovernmental agreements were signed with some of the vendors on the nuclear power in Nigeria and very soon Tinubu would make an announcement on the issue.
