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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—

The last workers ascend from the Cominak mine (Image: Cominak/Orano)

Niger uranium mine ends operations after 47 years

April 3, 2021 AFRICSIS 0

Production at the Cominak uranium mine at Akouta in Niger came to an end yesterday after over 40 years of operations during which it produced —Read More—

Powering Ghana’s Economic Development Through Nuclear Energy

March 22, 2021 AFRICSIS 0

Aware of the links between sustainable economic development, widespread electrification and a reliable electricity supply, the government set up the National Electrification Scheme (NES) in 1989. This —Read More—