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Secure Storage, Transport and Soccer Games: Improving Nuclear Security in Cameroon

June 18, 2022 AFRICSIS 0

Cameroon’s first ever storage facility for low-activity disused sources was built in 2019. The storage facility provides enhanced safe and secure storage, including physical protection —Read More—

Beyond electricity generation, there are many applications that can use nuclear power. (Image: A. Vargas/IAEA)

The Use of Nuclear Power Beyond Generating Electricity: Non-Electric Applications

October 24, 2021 AFRICSIS 0

Decarbonization to create a CO2-neutral global economy requires decarbonizing all sectors that largely rely on fossil fuels today. These include heating, industrial processes that require combustion and —Read More—

Brookhaven Medical Isotope Research and Production Program

Use of Radioactive Materials in Commercial Applications Has Increased by 30 Percent; Government Should Improve Security and Support Development of Alternatives, Says New Report

June 17, 2021 AFRICSIS 0

The use of high-risk radioactive materials in medical, research, and commercial applications has increased by about 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 12 —Read More—

Kenya’s IAEA INIR mission: Significant progress toward making the decision to introduce nuclear power

June 17, 2021 Hubert Foy 0

Kenya has made progress in implementing the recommendations of an earlier International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear infrastructure review mission, a team of IAEA and —Read More—

Nuclear reprocessing plant. Image: Getty, Steve Allen

Nuclear Energy in Ghana

May 22, 2021 Hubert Foy 0

Ghana’s emerging nuclear power programme is the culmination of nearly 60 years of socioeconomic and political developments under successive governments since independence in 1957. Summary: —Read More—