psucc:
Let's say NO! to nuclear.

We lack the capacity to handle it and most seriously it could be hijacked by a group against the other.

Our plurality does not warrant it.

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I suggest you research the topic first before making your comments. That way you avoid the risk of sounding stupid.

Can it be maintained?

Fellas biko it's not a nuclear bomb. It just a research facility

EazyMoh:
I feel insulted whenever someone says we can't handle nuclear plants. Nuclear energy has been harnessed for about a century now. Those that do it do they have two heads?

See common oil pipe line,some psycho idiots blowing them up,imagine what they'll do to nuclear centre.

Do u really undastand what nuclear is?abeg Africa can't handle such thing for now.if u doubt us,then go ask chinorble people what they think of nuclear.

By the way Russia has more land mass than Nigeria,so why can't they do it in their own country?

Sadly, at a point when most EU countries like Sweden, Australia, Germany approaches 100% renewable energy supply, Nigeria wants to just start research on Nuclear and resurrect coal mining to the detriment of the future generations. Seems we didn't take home any lesson from Japans nuclear mishap...yet.

omenka:
Anti-matter?? Haba baba, don't run faster than ya shadow na!

Not even the Russians or the eggheads at CERN fully understand anti-matter yet, let alone transferring the technology. Nigeria is probably a hundred light years behind in the acquisition of anti-matter technology.

omenka:
Anti-matter?? Haba baba, don't run faster than ya shadow na!

Not even the Russians or the eggheads at CERN fully understand anti-matter yet, let alone transferring the technology. Nigeria is probably a hundred light years behind in the acquisition of anti-matter technology.

Lol, i know. But I'm just really desperate for nigeria to reduce it's over dependency on oil. I want to be alive when this country finally resolves its energy crisis and oil is not the way to go.

We don't want!!!

We please need something that will improve life standard physically like electricity and no tall this nonsense you keep signing

eyeview:
I trust this govt to quickly sign that death warrant. They are in a hurry to look for what they will list as attracted investment,even if it is clear that we lack everything needed to accomodate a nuclear facility

Nahhhh. We don't.

Reading some comments here make me believe an average Nigerian is very dumb.
What makes us unable to handle nuclear technologies?

If it's USA they will Oppose and now it's Russia they still type bullshitt. We are really far behind still waiting for the day nairalanders will reason and type like Quora users.

DamiG:
[s]This is absolutely a bad idea,Nigeria doesn't have the capacity nor technology to handle nuclear technology
In the case of a nuclear plant meltdown,this country will surely not be able to curtail it,we will make Chernobyl and Fukushima look like an ordinary event

And in a country like Nigeria that is badly plagued with tribalism,no ethnic group will want it to be established in their land,and if the government tries to build it on their land they will cry discrimination and might even attempt to destroy the project.

On a last note if Russia wants to offer us any aid,it should either be in supply of arms to fight terrorists or TOMATOES(Russia is the 11th highest producer of tomatoes in the world,Nigerians would really appreciate it now )


ON BEHALF OF ALL NIGERIANS I SAY NO TO NUCLEAR PLANT IN NIGERIA [/s]

Bullshitt

It should be sited in DAURA

EazyMoh:
I feel insulted whenever someone says we can't handle nuclear plants. Nuclear energy has been harnessed for about a century now. Those that do it do they have two heads?

Wetin you mean? Those people wey get nuclear plant no get two heads but one head. As for we for naija, we no even get one head nah half head we get wey look like one full head.
Where you dey wey boys dey bomb pipeline, carry oil troway for the full water? As men and boys dey vex so, the provocation fit reach level wey go make them attempt to torpedo any nuclear station, nah better gbege for the whole country if that kain action happen.

Anyway, your village go good pass for the nuclear plant since nah you wan encourage government for the matter so, contract for the security and protection of the plant go land for your lap.Clap!!!!

with nigeria poor maintainance culture.....abeg no bring am com south west.

Most of the commenters either read but could not comprehend the report or already assumed the report is all about siting "Nuclear plants" in Nigeria. The report is all about establishment "multifunctional scientific research" not establishment of "Nuclear plants".

eyeview:
I trust this govt to quickly sign that death warrant. They are in a hurry to look for what they will list as attracted investment,even if it is clear that we lack everything needed to accomodate a nuclear facility

And you think Nigeria will remain stagnant? We learn more by doing, once we get it we learn how to handle it.......the world is moving at a faster pace

euromilion:


[s]See common oil pipe line,some psycho idiots blowing them up,imagine what they'll do to nuclear centre.

Do u really undastand what nuclear is?abeg Africa can't handle such thing for now.if u doubt us,then go ask chinorble people what they think of nuclear.

By the way Russia has more land mass than Nigeria,so why can't they do it in their own country?[/s]

Some African countries currently operates nuclear powerplants.
Eve according to world nuclear thses countries including Nigeria will be having operational nuclear plants soon.
In west, central and southern Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia.
with Nigeria ranked in developing plans with isreal Developing plans: Israel, Nigeria, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco.


........ and this too. In 2009 the IAEA began offering Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) missions to assess national developments, and six INIR missions were conducted during 2009-11 to evaluate the status of countries’ nuclear infrastructure development. The first three were to Jordan, Indonesia and Vietnam. followed by others to Bangladesh, Belarus, Thailand and UAE to the end of 2012. In 2013 INIR missions were to South Africa – the first country with an operating nuclear power program that has requested this service – Poland and then Turkey. In 2014 an INIR mission to [b]Nigeria [/b]is planned. Several countries including Egypt, Kenya, and Malaysia have also expressed interest.



[b]
Nigeria
Nigeria produced 28 TWh in 2012 from less than 6 GWe of plant (about 1.5 GWe unavailable due to shortage of gas); 23 TWh was from gas, 5.7 TWh from hydro and none from oil. It had final consumption of 25 TWh, giving per capita consumption of only 140 kWh/yr. The Energy Commission of Nigeria under the federal Ministry of Science & Technology is responsible for policy, and the energy sector has seen major change as the government actively privatises new generation and transmission projects. In the first phase of its liberalisation process, five generation and ten distribution companies (linked to the country’s main power holding company) have been privatized since 2013. In addition, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is privatizing ten newly built generation plants. These newly privatized generation companies are contractually obliged to increase generation for each plant over the next five years. An additional 2 GWe increase is to stem from investments by new independent power producers. The government in December 2014 signed an agreement with Turkey’s Koztek Electric and Energy Technologies with a view to the construction of new power plants and transmission facilities “wholly financed by Turkish business interests.” In June 2015 Geometric Power announced that it planned to build a 1080 MWe power plant in Abia state, in the southeast, in partnership with GE. The first 500 MWe phase of the project was expected on line in 2019 at a cost of $800 million.The government is planning to increase the use of solar power, and 3 GWe of utility-scale solar PV capacity is being developed in a $5 billion public-private partnership project with Skypower FAS Energy in the Delta state. A feed-in tariff (FIT) regime is being developed to support renewables investment.To address rapidly increasing base-load electricity demand, Nigeria has sought the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency to develop plans for up to 4000 MWe of nuclear capacity by 2025. Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and power shortages have caused industries to relocate to Ghana. The federal Ministry of Power is in charge of electricity generation, grids and pricing. The federal government in 2007 approved a technical framework or 'roadmap' for its nuclear energy program, along with a strategic implementation plan. This is to proceed through manpower and infrastructure development, power reactor design certification, regulatory and licensing approvals, construction and start-up. A strategic plan to streamline this was adopted in 2009, with a target of 1000 MWe of nuclear capacity by 2020, and another 4000 MWe by 2030. In 2013 preparations were made for an IAEA INIR mission, which took place in 2015.A Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) has been set up for regulatory oversight on all uses of ionising radiation, nuclear materials and radioactive sources under the federal Ministry of Science & Technology.The Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission (NEAC) set up under 1976 legislation is alongside but not under any federal ministry, and is responsible for the national Nuclear Energy Program Implementation Committee (NEPIC), which has eight teams. In October 2010 NEAC announced the selection of four sites for further evaluation by its environmental and siting team. These are around Geregu/Ajaokuta in Kogi state in north central zone, Itu in Akwa Ibom state in the south-east, Agbaje, Okitipupa in Ondo state in the southwest zone and Lau in Taraba state in the northeast zone. It said construction was envisaged from 2014, and first power by 2020. The first two sites – Geregu and Itu – were evaluated in 2014-15 and confirmed as preferred. Preliminary licensing is expected by NNRA in 2016. Rosatom said it expects two reactors to be built at each site.In March 2009 Russia signed a cooperation agreement with Nigeria, including provision for uranium exploration and mining in the country. A further broad agreement in June 2009 envisaged the construction of a Russian power reactor and a new research reactor. In July 2011 Russia's Rosatom and the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission finalized a draft intergovernmental agreement to cooperate on the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of an initial nuclear power plant. This needs approval by the two governments. A further three nuclear plants are planned, bringing the total cost to about $20 billion. In June 2012 Rosatom signed a memorandum of understanding with the NAEC to "prepare a comprehensive program of building nuclear power plants in Nigeria," including the development of infrastructure and a framework and system of regulation for nuclear and radiation safety. Rosatom has confirmed that Russian financing options will be available to Nigeria, whose preferred option is a build-own-operate (BOO) arrangement with majority Rosatom equity. This is to be confirmed in a further intergovernmental agreement. Early in 2015 the intention was to have a first unit on line by 2025, and 4800 MWe operating by 2035.Following evaluation of US designs by the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) about 2009, the government of Imo state signed an agreement with Barnett Holding Co in the USA to investigate sites for modular nuclear power reactors, using IAEA guidelines. These were to be 5 to 20 MWe and deployed to Owerri township, Ogwu city development, and elsewhere in Imo state. No more has been heard of this.Nigeria's first research reactor was commissioned at Ahmadu Bello University in 2004. It is a 30 kW Chinese Miniature Neutron Source Reactor similar to other Chinese units operating in Ghana, Iran, Syria and China. It uses high-enriched uranium fuel but is converting to LEU. The IAEA assisted the Nigerian government with the project, to "reinforce and widen the human resource base to sustain nuclear technology" in relation to medical technology, geochemistry, mineral and petrochemical analysis and exploration. A larger research reactor is envisaged.[/b]


Including research reactors and including shut down reactors

algeria : 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo : 2
egypt: 2
jordan: 0 but 3 are planned
libya: 1
morocco: 0 but 1 under construction
south africa: 3 including 2 that are actually operating commercially

Koeberg Nuclear Power Station

euromilion:


Do u really undastand what nuclear is?abeg Africa can't handle such thing for now.if u doubt us,then go ask chinorble people what they think of nuclear.

By the way Russia has more land mass than Nigeria,so why can't they do it in their own country?

Am a certified chemical engineer, so I know what nuclear is of course. And that accident you are referring to (it's spelt Chernobyl btw) It's an accident just like car, plane, and any other accident which is bound to happen naturally or artificially but can be minimized by putting more precautions and safety measures. There are hundreds of nuclear power plants in the world two in South Africa and have functioning fine. So why can't Nigeria?
FYI we already have a nuclear reactor but it's a research model not commercial power generation.

months:
[s]As long as it is established in Daura, Abuja, Lagos or Kano.

SS/SE will never allow Russian on our land with nuclear weapon.


Buhari can only arrange for nuclear station in his northern region not another man land[/s].

Nigerians should learn how to make research and stop depending on nairaland.
LAGOS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nigeria has selected two sites for the construction of its planned nuclear power plants, as Africa's biggest economy tries to end decades of electricity blackouts that have blighted its growth.

Russia's state-owned Rosatom, which has been in talks with Nigeria over the nuclear plants, on Friday confirmed two sites had been selected in Africa's most populous nation and said they would have a total of four reactors.

Neither side would say where the sites were, but 7a source at Nigeria's nuclear agency said the sites will be in Akwa Ibom state, in southeast Nigeria, and Kogi state, in the central northern part of the country.

Nigeria, with a population of around 170 million, has installed power capacity that fluctuates between around 6,000 MW to just over 7,000 MW, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, with 80 percent of its power plants fired by gas.

By comparison, South Africa's capacity is almost seven times greater for a population less than a third as big.

Africa's biggest economy has no experience in developing and operating nuclear plants but has small reactors producing around 30 KW for research, Franklin Erepamo Osaisai, chief executive of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, said on its website.

One nuclear power plant costs between $5 billion to $8 billion, a source at Rosatom said. Nigeria has not yet said how it plans to fund the construction, a key question given its finances have taken a hit after a slump in the price of oil, its main export.

This is an old news.

EazyMoh:
I feel insulted whenever someone says we can't handle nuclear plants. Nuclear energy has been harnessed for about a century now. Those that do it do they have two heads?

am in support just¤ ensure you send them to details of your village for them to put it there.

gud4dbest:
Preparing Africa 4 d world war III.GBAM!

you re bros. just as i thought.

ilovetheline:
at all. Protest o. Not even USA. Russia is unfriendly and cannot build safe things. What sort of a fool is Buhari

Don't air your ignorance na, run your checks first.

The first rocket to orbit the earth was a Russian technology.

DamiG:
This is absolutely a bad idea,Nigeria doesn't have the capacity nor technology to handle nuclear technology
In the case of a nuclear plant meltdown,this country will surely not be able to curtail it,we will make Chernobyl and Fukushima look like an ordinary event

On a last note if Russia wants to offer us any aid,it should either be in supply of arms to fight terrorists or TOMATOES

And there you have it. A typical f**king black mentality, only thinking of what to consumer and never bothered about inventing or advancing in civilisation. Asking for tomatoes when nigeria is a land of fertility in exchange for more knowledge in nuclear energy and going on to suggest we chicken out because hurr durr Fukushima, etc as if measures to curtail meltdown wont be addressed before implementation. Running away from such technological advancement because you are to much of scared cat. [shaking my head in despair tbh senpai]

this investment is a part of development... wen it comes, ways to handle and manage it will b made available... it is not a crime to hav it in our country.... management is the problem we encounter in this country....

This people have clearly planed on wiping out Nigerians. We do not want anything nuclear in this country. We can't manage it. A greedy and selfish person some day might divert fund meant for the up keep of the facility and APC will blame GEJ.

EazyMoh:

Am a certified chemical engineer, so I know what nuclear is of course. And that accident you are referring to (it's spelt Chernobyl btw) It's an accident just like car, plane, and any other accident which is bound to happen naturally or artificially but can be minimized by putting more precautions and safety measures. There are hundreds of nuclear power plants in the world two in South Africa and have functioning fine. So why can't Nigeria?
FYI we already have a nuclear reactor but it's a research model not commercial power generation.

Nice to see someone who knows the real fact here. But I just think of how some africans think.

I was in a lab yesterday and vroom someone said we can't find the type of amplifier, wave form generator and other things we are using in Africa. I told him we can and when I noticed it was turning into hot argument I had to leave him.
We Africans make ourself inferior.

If Nigerians were white and Americans black there will still be discrimination towards us, because we don't think above natural.
-Fasasi Tosin

DamiG:
This is absolutely a bad idea,Nigeria doesn't have the capacity nor technology to handle nuclear technology
In the case of a nuclear plant meltdown,this country will surely not be able to curtail it,we will make Chernobyl and Fukushima look like an ordinary event

And in a country like Nigeria that is badly plagued with tribalism,no ethnic group will want it to be established in their land,and if the government tries to build it on their land they will cry discrimination and might even attempt to destroy the project.

On a last note if Russia wants to offer us any aid,it should either be in supply of arms to fight terrorists or TOMATOES(Russia is the 11th highest producer of tomatoes in the world,Nigerians would really appreciate it now )


ON BEHALF OF ALL NIGERIANS I SAY NO TO NUCLEAR PLANT IN NIGERIA

Spot on sister. You nailed it. It's a disaster waiting to happen.

psucc:
Let's say NO! to nuclear.

We lack the capacity to handle it and most seriously it could be hijacked by a group against the other.

Our plurality does not warrant it.

Click Like for No to nuclear and Share for Yes to nuclear.

you've said it all

we don't want ...most of these people will establish a plant in Nigeria ..we know what they re facing in their countries when the nuclear stuff leaks ...buh due to the fact that they have good medical and emergency facilities the number of people that will die won't be much ..buh Nigeria ...ordinary flood sef we cannot control its nuclear gas leak that we'll control lol..... abeg we don't want o ...... and apart from that the moment they build such in the country it will be on their global war map that we have such thing in the country ..if something like a war should happen Nigeria will be on the list of countries they re going to bomb cus if Russia tries to play smart the us forces and Chinese forces to ain't dumb they'll destroy each and every base those Russians have even if they can't destroy their main nuclear plant .... world war 2 should be a good example for people to learn from where innocent cities and countries were affected by the war due to having a base that belongs to the Hitler side ..let's learn from the past