Nigéria vai ter energia nuclear

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has assured the global community that Nigeria would do everything possible to ensure that adequate safety measures were deployed when the country introduced nuclear power into its energy mix. Speaking at the opening of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, the South Korean capital, in March, adding that Nigeria remained fully committed to complying with all international legal and regulatory requirements for safety and security in the use of nuclear energy. According to him, “I wish to assure this august gathering that Nigeria has remained manifestly committed to compliance with international legal and regulatory requirements for safety, security and safeguards in the use of nuclear energy. “Our commitment is unwavering; as it would be recalled that Nigeria was the second country to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968 and voted for its indefinite extension in 1995. “Nigeria also signed the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement in 1998 and ratified the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident in 1990. Furthermore, in preparation for the introduction of nuclear power in the country, Nigeria has ratified all relevant international treaties and conventions.” He said Nigeria would ensure the conversion of reactor from high enriched to low enriched uranium.