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Ghana: Nation Targets Nuclear Power By 2018
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Ghana: Nation Targets Nuclear Power By 2018Public Agenda (Accra) – Atomic Energy Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are expected in the country soon to discuss the location characteristics of the proposed Ghana Nuclear electricity plant. The Director General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Professor Edward Akaho, said the visit will provide a further boost to the country's agenda to explore nuclear energy for electricity generation by 2018 to augment the existing source of power generation in the country. The IAEA is the world's regulatory body for nuclear and atomic energy activities. It promotes the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear technologies. Professor Akaho said during its visit, the team will assess different locations across the country for suitability of the location of the plant, taking into consideration factors such as geology, seismology, hydro-geology and population of the various locations. Also, as the plant will need constant cooling it will be appropriate to locate it by a water body, appropriately by a major river source or the sea. The peak demand for power for the domestic market is projected to exceed a generating capacity of 3,000 megawatts and 4,000 megawatts in 2015 and 2020 respectively. The existing installed capacity for electricity generation is 2,044 megawatts made up of 58 per cent hydro, 37 per cent thermal plants and five per cent diesel generators. The capacity would have to double by 2020 in order to meet the peak power demand, and available renewable energy resources other than hydro can at best provide 10 per cent of the national demand at competitive prices by 2020. http://allafrica.com/stories/201104050606.html Sudan: Arrangements Completed for Establishment of 1000 KM African Green ZoneSudan News Agency (Obied) – Preparations for establishment of a 1000 kms African green zone extending from Khartoum State up to the Chadian borders, at a whopping cost of 15 billion Sudanese pounds have been completed, Director of the North Sudan's Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission, North Kordufan Sector, Al-Zain Turab, has said. He added that the project covers the area between the latitude12 and 16 degree ( north) extending over 215,000 square kms from Khartoum State, in the East, through White Nile, North Kordufan and North Darfur in the west up to the Sudanese- Chadian borders through Western Darfur State, in the far west, at length of one thousand and twenty kilometers width. Turab revealed that there will be a historical meeting that will bring the Ministers of agriculture in each of Khartoum States, North and Western Darfur States, White Nile State and North Kordufan State besides a number of scientists, experts, dignitaries and the international organizations under the umbrella of the North Kordufan State Governor initiative for establishment of the green zone. The meeting is to discuss issues pertinent to the said zone. http://allafrica.com/stories/201104050898.html Tanzania: Health Danger in Dar Over Dynamite FishingThe Citizen (Dar es Salaam) - The health of thousands of Dar es Salaam, residents is in jeopardy due to dynamite fishing. Activists have warned that if no immediate action is taken to contain the situation, dynamite fishing might have disastrous consequences in a number of areas, including marine environment and tourism. The acting Dar es Salaam regional commissioner and chairman of the regional defense and security committee, Mr. Said Meck Sadick said during an interview, "Dynamite fishing is harmful to humans because some toxic remnants of chemicals used to make the bombs are not good to human health," Sea Sense, a community-based, Tanzanian, non-governmental organization set up in 2001 to help coastal communities protect and conserve endangered marine species and habitats, says dynamite fishing is highly destructive and the long-term effects are considerable, both environmentally and socio-economically. http://allafrica.com/stories/201104051428.html Back to Menu ________________________________________________________________ RONA MEDIA UPDATE THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEWS Wednesday April 6, 2011
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