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Kenya urged to adopt renewable energy, not nuclear

Abandon nuclear energy programme, Unep boss urges Kenya  BY PETER ORENGO, 13 Feb 12,  Kenya has been advised to shelve its intended development of nuclear power to meet its growing energy needs, but instead concentrate on the vast renewable energy resources.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Year Book 2012, one of   United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) ‘s emerging global concerns is the challenge of decommissioning the growing number of end-of-life nuclear power reactors.

Countries have also been reviewing their nuclear programmes following the tsunami that struck Fukushima and its nearby nuclear power plant in Japan, last year…. Considering dangers and cost involved, it will be surprising if Kenya opted for nuclear energy rather than the clean, cheap and available energy potential the country has,” said Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director at Gigiri.

He said Kenya has the option of getting energy from bioenergy, geothermal, solar, hydropower, ocean and wind energy… …http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=2000052072&cid=4

February 14, 2012 - Posted by | AFRICA, politics

2 Comments »

  1. Hi,

    Westernization will eventually kill us.

    Thanks

    samuel's avatar Comment by samuel | February 15, 2012 | Reply

  2. Kenya has vast spectrums of solar and Vapor-based fuels. As the predecessors of nuclear plants, Germans for instance are shutting down their plants, we’ve good reasons to be worried and wary too. Mayhap, we always forget the precautionery principle when potential chances smile at us. We hurried to bio-diesels from jatropha plants, then to nuclear energy and again we’re now travelling to Turkana for the fossil fuels. Gauging our Risk Reduction Strategies we’ve in Kenya, even for the frequent disasters, I am worried me myself being a Disaster & Sustainable Management student. It is with the hope that all the risks pertaining designs, location, neglects, accidents and other potential malefits be captured fully in the EIA&R to come.

    Walter kibet's avatar Comment by Walter kibet | April 6, 2012 | Reply


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