Following its plan to generate a
massive 4,800 megawatts (mw) of
electricity, the Nigeria Atomic Energy
Commission (NAEC) has selected
Geregu in Kogi State and Itu in Akwa
Ibom State as the sites for building
two nuclear power plants that is
2,400MW a piece.
The commission had in April revealed
that it was holding talks with Russia’s
Rosatom Corporation to build four
nuclear power plants costing about
$20 billion (about N3.9 trillion) which
would generate 4,800 megawatts
(mw).
The preliminary licensing of the
approved sites is expected by the end
of 2016 from the Nigerian Nuclear
Regulatory Authority (NNRA).
The Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Power, Dr. Godknows Igali,
revealed that government’s
intervention in the power sector
includes the diversification of the
electricity sources from the present
80 percent gas and 20 percent hydro
to integrate nuclear power to meet its
target of generating 20,000
megawatts (mw) by year 2020.
“With NAEC’s plan to inject 1,200mw
from first nuclear power plant in
2025 and increase to 4,800mw in
2035, the energy mix is expected to
have increased to about 20 percent
power generation from clean
sources,” Igali stated.

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