Date : 23/12/2012
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- The Sudanese government said it had signed an
agreement with China to construct a research nuclear reactor, sanctioned by
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The reactor will also encourage the use of nuclear energy, Sudan's Minister
of Science and Communications Eissa Mohamed told local press. Feasibility
studies for the project had started at the beginning of 2010.
Recently, an IAEA team of experts had visited Sudan to provide their views
and expertise on how to best make use of the reactor, train an able workforce
able to handle the technology - through producing radioisotopes in the fields
of medicine and the industry - and providing isotopic analyses by neutron
activation for, among other things, mining and environmental research.
Plans are also underway for a nuclear power plant that is expected to be
completed by 2020 in cooperation with the IAEA, according to Sudanese
officials. (end)
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