Namibia: Nuclear power option considered

Government ruffled some feathers among renewable-energy advocates yesterday (January 30) when it said it had been toying with the idea of nuclear power as a potential energy source for Namibia. But Mines and Energy Permanent Secretary Joseph Iita was quick to add that to date the subject had enjoyed only minimal attention and that at present Government was only informing itself about such an option. It has, however, informed Namibia's biggest uranium mine, Roessing, that a small nuclear power plant was up for discussion.