Kenya faces tough terms for building nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant. Kenya is seeking sufficient and cheap electricity to power its industrialisation ambitions under the Vision 2030 blueprint. PHOTO FILE | NATION
Kenya faces an uphill task of meeting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommendations as it pushes ahead with ambitions to build a 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant.
Being one of a handful of African countries set to invest in nuclear power for peaceful purposes, Kenya has shrugged off the controversies, fears and security concerns associated with the nuclear technology, vowing to build a plant that will eventually produce 4,000MW when complete.
