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Kenya signs China nuclear power deal
Posted on : Friday, 11th September 2015
Kenya has signed a deal with China as part of the east African nation's plans to have a nuclear power station by 2025, the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board (KNEB) said Thursday.
Kenya plans to set up its a first nuclear power plant with a capacity of 1000 MW by 2025, the board said, with ambitions to boost that to 4000 MW by 2033, and to make nuclear electricity "a key component of the country's energy" production.
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The memorandum of understanding, signed in China, will enable Kenya to "obtain expertise from China by way of training and skills development, technical support in areas such as site selection for Kenya's nuclear power plants and feasibility studies," the KNEB statement said.
Kenya has already signed nuclear power cooperation agreements with Slovakia and South Korea, it added.
Source : DAILY NATION
