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International Atomic Energy Agency starts its "SMR School" with workshop in Kenya
The whole planet will suffer from the results of the extreme global heating now underway, and now unstoppable. Nuclear energy was the last, best hope, long suppressed however under the powerful weights of fear and ignorance. Still humanity must work to do what can be done as opposed to what should have been done, insufficient as it may be.
Some good news from the civilized world as opposed to the United States:
An initiative to educate government, regulatory, and industry representatives around the world about small modular reactors has been launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the first such “SMR School” workshop, which was hosted by the government of Kenya in the capital city of Nairobi from on May 5–9.
The workshop covered all major aspects of SMRs, including technology development and demonstration; legal frameworks; stakeholder engagement; and safety, security, and safeguard issues.
Participating in the IAEA event were 28 government and industry officials, policymakers, and managers from the African nations of Kenya, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.
Dohee Hahn, the IAEA’s SMR Platform coordinator, said that the “new IAEA SMR School aims to fill a critical gap for countries in better understanding the array of issues involved in the development and deployment of this promising new technology.”
Nuclear in Africa: The workshop highlighted the IAEA’s support for the ongoing expansion of nuclear energy infrastructure in Africa. For example, the agency is helping to support the ongoing construction of a power plant with four large nuclear reactors in Egypt and has been working with the government of South Africa as officials there consider adding capacity to the nation’s existing two-reactor nuclear energy program. At the present time, South Africa remains the only African nation with operating commercial nuclear reactors.
Several other African governments, including that of Kenya, have expressed interest in SMRs...
The workshop covered all major aspects of SMRs, including technology development and demonstration; legal frameworks; stakeholder engagement; and safety, security, and safeguard issues.
Participating in the IAEA event were 28 government and industry officials, policymakers, and managers from the African nations of Kenya, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.
Dohee Hahn, the IAEA’s SMR Platform coordinator, said that the “new IAEA SMR School aims to fill a critical gap for countries in better understanding the array of issues involved in the development and deployment of this promising new technology.”
Nuclear in Africa: The workshop highlighted the IAEA’s support for the ongoing expansion of nuclear energy infrastructure in Africa. For example, the agency is helping to support the ongoing construction of a power plant with four large nuclear reactors in Egypt and has been working with the government of South Africa as officials there consider adding capacity to the nation’s existing two-reactor nuclear energy program. At the present time, South Africa remains the only African nation with operating commercial nuclear reactors.
Several other African governments, including that of Kenya, have expressed interest in SMRs...
Finally, at long last, we are recognizing Neils Bohr's 1945 vision that nuclear science should belong to everyone, all humanity, including the scientists and engineers on the much exploited African continent. It's far too late for this recognition, but it's a start.