September 2017 – AFRICSIS

OPCW Director-General Calls for Adoption of National Implementing Legislation across Africa during Visit to Cameroon

September 17, 2017 AFRICSIS 0

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — 15 September 2017 — During his visit to Yaoundé, Cameroon from 12-14 September, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition —Read More—

U.S.-China mission rushes bomb-grade nuclear fuel out of Africa

September 2, 2017 AFRICSIS 0

Chinese and U.S. nuclear experts spent a decade plotting out the Ghana operation, sharing expertise and working at each other’s labs. “No question, we were —Read More—

Experts placing the used HEU core of Ghana’s Miniature Neutron Source Reactor into an interim transfer cask, August 2016. (S. Tozser/IAEA)

Supporting Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Ghana Converts Research Reactor from HEU to LEU Fuel

September 2, 2017 AFRICSIS 0

Ghana has successfully completed the conversion of its only research reactor from the use of high enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low enriched uranium (LEU) —Read More—