Tanzania set to Use Nuclear in power production.

The topic is discussed among the 33 delegates from 23 African countries attending the ongoing ‘Regional Workshop on Nuclear Law for African Member States,’ which is taking place here for five days organized by the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC) based in Arusha.

 Brigadier General Fulgences Msafiri said that

“Today the use of nuclear technology is very important in many aspects of modern life, as radiation sources are essential for many applications, including nuclear power plants, biomedical applications such as nuclear medicine therapy and in the manufacturing and processing industries.

Earlier, an advocate from the office of the Kenyan Attorney General, Ms Josephine Sinyo, pointed out that many people in the African continent relate the terms ‘nuclear’ and ‘atomic,’ energy with war, heavy weapons and essentially death.

“We are yet to educate our people regarding the positive and productive side of atomic and nuclear powers,” she stated.

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including Dr F. Tonos Paniagua, Dr A. Cherf and Dr Vez Carmona, described some of the IAEA key functions promoting and regulating beneficial uses of the atomic energy for human sustainability.