IN a public lecture, titled: “Energy security and sustainable national development: A case of Nigeria’s nuclear power programme” organised on October 4, 2012 by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA) in Lagos, Dr. F. Erepamo Osaisai, chairman of Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), masterfully argued in defence of the need for Nigeria to pursue a nuclear technology programme to expand its electricity generation base.
In spite of the brilliant lecture delivered by the chairman of NAEC, the Lagos audience expressed fears on safety issues and needed to be further convinced that nuclear power plants (NPP) is a viable alternative and that the risks are not more than the benefits. This is predicated on the fact that there are serious issues at the planning, development and management stages of the project that Nigeria needs to address. Therefore, in the nation’s quest for nuclear electricity generation, safety of applications has now become a very serious topic in the front burner of our national discourse.
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