Ten African countries pursuing nukes

By Drew Hinshaw, Correspondent / April 2, 2010

Nuclear power holds promise for 10 African countries now in pursuit of building their own nuclear plants. Wind and solar solutions aren’t reliable enough, planners say, nor do they offer adequate electricity.
In February, Nigerian authorities pursued talks with Iran for an exchange of nuclear know-how.

The oil giant is joined by Uganda, which passed nuclear laws in 2008 and hopes to have a plant by 2020, and by Kenya, whose government is seeking $1 billion for its own plant.

Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt have pledged to go nuclear by 2020 and are considered the likeliest to do so.

Ghana’s cabinet had vowed to bring a plant on line by 2018, until the new government scrapped the plans.

And Niger – the country whose bountiful uranium has powered the nuclear age abroad and funded civil war at home – was soliciting South African support for its own plant, before February’s coup spiked the idea.

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