Nuclear energy in Ghana
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There are currently no nuclear power plants in Ghana
, although there are several nuclear research reactors in Ghana and plans to build to a power plant.
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
has been investigating the use of nuclear power and is a member of the International Nuclear Library Network
. The commission is working with the International Atomic Energy Agency
to implement nuclear power in Ghana as part of a wider project, Sustainable Energy Development for Sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana also has a National Nuclear Research Institute which trains undergraduate and postgraduate students in the techniques of nuclear science application in such areas as agriculture, medicine, and research. Both of these organizations focus more on research and the two research reactors located in Ghana than nuclear power, as the country has no nuclear power plants.
The government of Ghana plans to commission the building of a nuclear power plant by 2018. President John Agyekum Kufuor supported the future building of nuclear power plants, seeing it as part of a solution to the country's energy problems. He initiated a Nuclear Power Committee to study the issue. In 2011, the director of the National Nuclear Research Institute, Benjamin Nyarko, also said he believed nuclear power could prevent future energy crises
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Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
, although there are several nuclear research reactors in Ghana and plans to build to a power plant.
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission is the state organization in Ghana involved with surveillance of the use of nuclear energy in Ghana....
has been investigating the use of nuclear power and is a member of the International Nuclear Library Network
International Nuclear Library Network
The International Nuclear Library Network , coordinated by the IAEA Library, i.e. the Library of the International Atomic Energy Agency, seeks to further promote the exchange of nuclear information and to strengthen strategic partnerships amongst members...
. The commission is working with the International Atomic Energy Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
to implement nuclear power in Ghana as part of a wider project, Sustainable Energy Development for Sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana also has a National Nuclear Research Institute which trains undergraduate and postgraduate students in the techniques of nuclear science application in such areas as agriculture, medicine, and research. Both of these organizations focus more on research and the two research reactors located in Ghana than nuclear power, as the country has no nuclear power plants.
The government of Ghana plans to commission the building of a nuclear power plant by 2018. President John Agyekum Kufuor supported the future building of nuclear power plants, seeing it as part of a solution to the country's energy problems. He initiated a Nuclear Power Committee to study the issue. In 2011, the director of the National Nuclear Research Institute, Benjamin Nyarko, also said he believed nuclear power could prevent future energy crises
Energy crisis
An energy crisis is any great bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In popular literature though, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, particularly those that supply national electricity grids or serve as fuel for vehicles...
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