Saturday, June 20, 2015

See The Two States That Has Been Picked For Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants In Nigeria

In a bid to end decades of electricity blackouts, Nigeria on Friday entered into talks with Russia’s state-owned Rosatom over the construction of nuclear plants. 

According to a source at Nigeria’s nuclear agency, the sites will be in Akwa Ibom and Kogi State. The source also added there would be a total of four reactors in the country. One nuclear power plant costs between $5 billion to $8 billion, a source at Rosatom said.

Nigeria, with a population of around 170 million, has installed power capacity that fluctuates between around 6,000 MW to just over 7,000 MW at its peak. 

This is almost seven times less than what is generated in South Africa which has a population less than a third of Nigeria’s. 

How the Nigerian government plans to fund the construction is still a key question given the slump in price of oil which is the country’s main revenue source.

Source: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/1496-two-states-picked-for-construction-of-nuclear-power-plants-in-nigeria

15 comments:

  1. Good initiative...we need alternative power source...

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  2. D money wey Diezan and Jona tif never reach to finish ds project, God go judge all of dem

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    1. Most u mention jona or diezani.... allow jona rest for once.... ur alwas mentionin dem is naw mkn ur coments rather childish......

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    2. Haba mezzy,,is it Jona or obj that stole our billions meant for power generation...

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  3. Lol mezzy how u take know say dem thief am? U get proof?? It will be a very good initiative at least lets celebrate a year or more of no blackout

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  4. Abeg do ds tin for us sharp sharp

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  5. God punish devil!!!

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  6. Would be very very welcomed a lot of job opportunities would be created during and after construction...I pray it is taken seriously

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  7. Bear in mind de risk shld anytin go wrong... it culd wipe out dat entire geopolitical region.... am so neva in suport of anytin nuclear.....due to field experience........its too risky...I tink naija shld invest more on solar nd hydro..... nuclear is too risky..

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  8. Nice! Buh it should be well coordinated. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".

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  9. Good initiative, I think $8b is nor big deal to fund this except they wanna bring their corrupt mind to it. Most of nations witout oil hav this plant and they. Generates money from it too...

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  10. I op smfin gwud cum out of dx....n nt anoda way of lootin awa moni wey ney rch uz sef....

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  11. Okay o! Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".

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  12. We are not serious in this nation.

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