FrameworkThe Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has underscored the country’s strategic progression toward integrating nuclear power into the national energy mix, utilizing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Milestones Approach as its foundational blueprint.This comprehensive framework is the internationally recognized standard that provides a structured path for nations to plan, prepare, and successfully deploy nuclear...
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Kenya To Commence Construction Of Its First 2,000 MW Nuclear Power Plant In 2027
Kenya has announced plans to commence construction of its first nuclear power plant in 2027, with an initial capacity of 2,000 MW, expected to be operational by 2034. President William Samoei Ruto made the announcement last Wednesday during the 2026 International Conference on Nuclear Energy, stating that the plant will be sited in Siaya County....
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IEA Launches Nuclear Energy Programme to Support Ghana’s Energy Future
IEA Launches Nuclear Energy Programme to Support Ghana’s Energy FutureThe Ghana Nuclear Power Programme has received a major boost following the launch of a new initiative by the Institute of Economic Affairs aimed at deepening dialogue and advocacy around nuclear power development.The programme, unveiled at a high-level roundtable held at the IEA Dialogue Centre in...
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Foreign Affairs Ministry, Nuclear Power Ghana Strengthen Collaboration on Energy Diplomacy
Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) has briefed the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, James Gyakye Quayson, on ongoing efforts to advance Ghana’s nuclear energy programme for peaceful and civilian purposes. The engagement took place on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, when a delegation led by NPG’s Executive Director, Dr. Stephen Yamoah, paid a courtesy call on the...
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Trump Slashes Clean Energy Loans, Bets Big on Gas and Nuclear
The Trump Administration continues to revise, restructure, and cancel billions of U.S. dollars of Biden-era loans and funding commitments to clean energy projects as the United States shifted its policy to supporting fossil fuels and nuclear power as part of its energy dominance agenda. In the latest instalment of canceled or revised funding, the Department...
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Japan restarts world’s biggest nuclear plant
The world’s biggest nuclear power plant was restarted on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents.The plant was “started at 19:02” (1002 GMT), Tokyo Electric Power Company spokesman Tatsuya Matoba told AFP of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata prefecture.The regional governor approved...
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Final unit at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant permanently shut down
The last of the three operable units at the Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant in Chukotka, Russia, was permanently shut down on 30 December.Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant, in Russia’s Arctic north east, has been operating for 51 years in the permafrost zone, with its reactors operating for a combined 190 reactor-years, generating 11.6 billion kWh of...
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China begins construction of two new nuclear power units
First concrete has been poured for the nuclear islands of unit 1 of the Bailong nuclear power plant in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and of unit 2 at the Lufeng plant in Guangdong province, marking the official start of construction of the two CAP1000 reactors. The construction of Phase I (units 1 and 2)...
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US, Russia Allegedly Discuss Nuclear Plant Crypto Mining
Russian media claimed on Friday that the Trump administration held talks with Russia over joint management of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including the potential to use its power for crypto mining, Russian newspaper Kommersant has revealed. The discussions, which have not been independently confirmed, were allegedly held without Ukraine’s participation, and likewise proposed resuming...
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Russia plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon next decade
Ever since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space in 1961, Russia has prided itself as a leading power in space exploration, but in recent decades it has fallen behind the United States and, increasingly, China. Russia’s ambitions suffered a massive blow in August 2023 when its unmanned Luna-25 mission...