Ghana has denied an article in the US paper, “Boston Globe” [READ], that its nuclear reactor can manufacture nuclear bombs.
According to Prof. Edmund Osae, acting Director General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), the country’s nuclear reactor “does not have the capacity to manufacture nuclear weapons.”
He maintained that the 30-Kilowatt nuclear reactor containing less than one Kilo gramme of uranium was specially constructed for peaceful purposes and was not designed for the manufacture of weapons.
According to an article in the Boston Globe, published last month, Ghana has enough enriched uranium to produce a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). Entitled “We're still vulnerable”, the writer speculates that, the orphaned research reactor at Kwabenya contains highly enriched uranium sufficient to make a number of nuclear weapons. He writes:
- "... Orphaned research reactors in a dozen countries around the world, including Libya and Ghana, contain highly enriched uranium sufficient to make a number of nuclear weapons ...”
Prof. Osae noted that the IAEA conducted inspections of the reactor every year and officials of the Agency had no cause to complain about the purposes for which it was being used.
Ghana has denied an article in the US paper, “Boston Globe” [READ], that its nuclear reactor can manufacture nuclear bombs.
According to Prof. Edmund Osae, acting Director General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), the country’s nuclear reactor “does not have the capacity to manufacture nuclear weapons.”
He maintained that the 30-Kilowatt nuclear reactor containing less than one Kilo gramme of uranium was specially constructed for peaceful purposes and was not designed for the manufacture of weapons.
According to an article in the Boston Globe, published last month, Ghana has enough enriched uranium to produce a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). Entitled “We're still vulnerable”, the writer speculates that, the orphaned research reactor at Kwabenya contains highly enriched uranium sufficient to make a number of nuclear weapons. He writes:
- "... Orphaned research reactors in a dozen countries around the world, including Libya and Ghana, contain highly enriched uranium sufficient to make a number of nuclear weapons ...”
Prof. Osae noted that the IAEA conducted inspections of the reactor every year and officials of the Agency had no cause to complain about the purposes for which it was being used.
