The Electric Vehicle, EV, revolution is catching on. EVs, apart from being environmentally friendly, have much lower acoustic noise while in operation. Also, they are more reliable and cheaper to operate because they have less parts to break down or Read More …
The non-peaceful or military use of nuclear energy as a weapon of mass destruction has created nuclear phobia in many people’s mind, and understandably so. The second atomic bomb ending World War 11 killed or injured 70,000 people in Nagasaki Read More …
The Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency says Russian forces’ withdrawal from the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant is “a step in the right direction.” Rafael Mariano Grossi headed a support mission to Chernobyl on 26 April, 2022. Chernobyl Read More …
The nuclear security workshop in Nigeria formerly planned for 25 April to 6 May, 2022 held on 23 May to 3 June, 2022. The venue was the Auditorium, Centre for Energy Research and Training, CERT, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna Read More …
Morocco’s Triga Mark 11 Reactor has joined the Internet Reactor Laboratory project in the Centre for Energy Research and Training, CERT, Nigeria. This was on 11 April, 2023 and broadens the capacity-building network in nuclear reactors using the internet in Read More …
Germany shutdown its three remaining nuclear power plants on 15 April, 2023. This follows concerns for safety and a fierce national debate on the sustainability of nuclear energy after the Fukushima accident in 2011. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced 2022 as Read More …
The government of Nigeria has flagged-off its “Solar Power Naija Programme” with the provision of solar home systems to 100,000 households. The programme, which hopes to provide five million such connections in its first phase, was launched by Vice President Read More …
A digital broadband stakeholders’ conference has been held in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria. The conference ended with an Action Point to implement a robust broadband penetration strategy and plan in Anambra State through public-private partnership. To this end, valuable inputs Read More …
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company has re-started its Prize for Science Competition suspended last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 49 entries received were handed over to the judges on 24 March, 2021. The panel of judges is Read More …
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, laid the foundation stone for the 50 mw per annum solar cells producing factory in the country on 24 March, 2023. The project is by NASENI Solar Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of the National Agency Read More …
