Menu

Ghana to go nuclear; Targets 700MW of power in first phase

This article is closed for comments.

Read Comments Comments (55)

  • NIMA BOY 11 years ago

    FOOLS DO YOU THINK IF GHANA IS GIVEN GREEN LIGHT FOR NUCLEAR POWER WE CAN GO AHEAD TO DO MISSALS? EVEN WE CANT MANAGE THAT WELL HOW MUCH MORE THE TECHNOLOGY TO HAVE NUCLEAR BOMB , THE WORLD AND THE UN SHOULD EVEN SAY THEY GIV ...
    read full comment

  • JB Kyekyrebonsam 11 years ago

    Do we have soo many illiterates in Ghana, who cannot understand very very basic English?

    This is indeed very sad for Ghana

  • ??? 11 years ago

    The clue to his ignorance is in the name.

  • KWASI 11 years ago

    COUNTRY OF ILLTRT GOVT THAT CANT PROVIDE EVEN SAFE DRINKING WATERS AND CLEAN GUTTERS CANNOT AND SHULD NOT BE HANDLING NUCLEAR POWER

  • daladam 11 years ago

    in an era where france Russia and japan trying to get away from the danger of nuclear power we have no busniss dealing with nuclear power either. it is too too much danger to our citys and people . Ghana shuld not be iran ...
    read full comment

  • Faisal Awadu 11 years ago

    have you been living out side the bubble or in side the percentage of illiterates in the country between the ages of 9 to 30 is more like 80/90% for both male and female
    until there is a better education system Ghana you ...
    read full comment

  • kofi 11 years ago

    See some illiterate fool call Nima Boy. Why won't teachers suffer

  • Fukuchima 11 years ago

    Good luck with your project

  • Search for Truth 11 years ago

    Bad idea, although I don't think it will happen anytime soon.The dangers of a nuclear plant in Ghana are too great.We like cutting corners and no doubt some greedy person might order cheap parts or something and compromise sa ...
    read full comment

  • GHANABA 11 years ago

    Good idea,however Ghanaians should bear in mind that it will take up to six years to build a 700MG plant at the cost of about $6billion."One of the big problems with nuclear power is the enormous upfront cost. These reactor ...
    read full comment

  • fact 11 years ago

    thank you Ghanaba this how to comment on a subject

  • Neutral Zone 11 years ago

    Forget upfront cost. How are we going to handle the spent rods? How about maintenance? Are we going to allow the lazy know it all Ghanaian workers to strike demanding same pay as the expats who would help us run the plant? Ne ...
    read full comment

  • Kwame Dokyi 11 years ago

    It is a stupid ploy by the government to divert the intense attention on the "Dum sor,dum sor" syndrome.
    It is like the father who assures his hungry child that food will be ready in 3 days,convincing the child to be satisfi ...
    read full comment

  • GHANABA 11 years ago

    This an area where countries like Qatar or Norway can use their enormous sovereign funds to help us build.Maybe,Pres Mahama"s trips to Qatar may yield positive results in future.

  • Neutral Zone 11 years ago

    This is no VHS where everyone wanted one but put it up once they get it. A complete study is need not on building the plant, that's the easy part. Maintenance, disposal of nuclear waste, workers dedicated to safety n who want ...
    read full comment

  • ???? 11 years ago

    The brothers cam claim it together they can pay for it question Have any one wonder where does the president get his money fr a civil servant all his life and yet a billionaire

  • Joe McYebuah 11 years ago

    You see how stupid the blackman can be we have plenty sunshine all year round what is wrong with solar energy do these so call professors have any brains at all .

  • GHANABA 11 years ago

    You need vast tracts of land for solar to generate 700MG.That said a 250MG solar plant powering about 280 thousand homes will cost about $1.5 billion.Multiply that by three.Life span of nuclear is 40-50 years.Solar 25 years.

  • Boamah Gyamerah 11 years ago

    Ghanaba, it is simple not true that vast tracts of land for to generate solar energy. Every house has a roof which can be used to generate more energy than the total energy needed in that house. I don`t know how you came by $ ...
    read full comment

  • GHANABA 11 years ago

    We are not talking about individuals putting solar on their roofs.If the Govt wants to build a solar plant to generate 700MG,that is how much it will cost.Australia Govt have spend a billion dollars on a solar farm that gen ...
    read full comment

  • Boamah Gyamerah 11 years ago

    Ghanaba, you see that is one of the problems facing us in Africa and Ghana, we turn quickly copy what has been done somehere without analysing the conditions under which they work. You can compare a solar generator for an Aus ...
    read full comment

  • GHANABA 11 years ago

    You are not making an iota of sense.For Ghana to build a solar farm/plant generating 700MG will cost billions of dollars.Full stop!I have studied a lot of facts on this issue.From Spain,California,Australia,Brazil,Germany et ...
    read full comment

  • Boamah Gyamerah 11 years ago

    Does Ghana need a solar farm plant or energy for its citizen and idustries?Rooftop solar panels even imported to generate energy for 280.000 homes will not cost $1.5billion. Since you are an expert with solar knowledge from S ...
    read full comment

  • Boateng 11 years ago

    How many Ghanaians can afford about $20K to install solar energy system in their house? That is the problem. Solar energy is viable alternate solution but the investors must have interest since individuals in Ghana can no ...
    read full comment

  • Boamah Gyamerah 11 years ago

    It will be a smart investment and more profitable for ECG. ECG pays for the investment and the people in the house through the house owners pay monthly electricity bills just like we have today, ECG pays for the energy as wel ...
    read full comment

  • King 11 years ago

    We need to account for the cost of maintenance not just for building a nuclear plant. We are too corrupt as a nation to go into nuclear power generation. We will cut corners and end up killing ourselves. You do not vast tract ...
    read full comment

  • ???? 11 years ago

    I have a couple names for you ads to why solar is better Chernobyl Russia Fukushima Japan Bhopal, India,

  • Kwame Dokyi 11 years ago

    It is intellectual poverty!!

  • Boamah Gyamerah 11 years ago

    Do Ghanaian experts think outside the box by considering all factors before taking a decision with long term and fatal consequences? What type of experts and leaders at all do Ghana has in its energy sector that will not cons ...
    read full comment

  • Ibn Batuta 11 years ago

    Germany is seriously reconsidering going nuclear. The fact that there are dangers involved does not preclude any country from considering going nuclear. There are dangers involved in air travel, space travel etc, but humanity ...
    read full comment

  • Labaran 11 years ago

    Don't mislead people. Germany is rather departing from nuclear. Solar and wind energy is the new trend in Germany.

  • Boamah Gyamerah 11 years ago

    What is Ghana`s goals in this case? Is it not to solve its acute energy problem at the earliest possible time,cost including running, maintenance and material? Sure there are risk in life but every level headed man or woman t ...
    read full comment

  • JB Kyekyrebonsam 11 years ago

    When did Germany begin to reconsider going nuclear?

    After the Fukushima accident , Germany scrapped the idea of extending the duration of old nuclear plants and has closed 15 nuclear plants and currently only 9 are active ...
    read full comment

  • Boateng 11 years ago

    Thanks, those two guys! We will not be talking about Nuclear Power now. Those fools stopped it right away after overthrowing Nkrumah.

  • HAN 11 years ago

    AFRIFA AND KOTOKA WERE RECRUITED BY BUSIA AND JB DANQUAH. NKRUMAH STARTED PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER IN 1964 BUT THE FOUNDATIONS WERE DESTROYED BY BUSIA, AFRIFA AND THEIR FOREIGN MASTERS WHEN THEY DEPOSED NKRUMAH.

  • King 11 years ago

    Germany is not Ghana, please stop comparing us to the western world. We are not Germany and when they build their stuff a lot of consideration for safety goes into it. Where are we going to store Nuclear waste. Look at what h ...
    read full comment

  • Neutral Zone 11 years ago

    Thx guys for the abundance of caution on this subject. The so called Western world having built this in the past are moving away from it. Why do I think the so called experts are looking to enrich themselves n are up to no gu ...
    read full comment

  • KANAWU 11 years ago

    IT IS NOT A BAD IDEA CONSIDERING THE DUMSOR DUMSOR. HOWEVER, THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT CANNOT MANAGE A PLANT LIKE AN OIL REFINERY LIKE TOR. HOW CAN WE MANAGE A NUCLEAR PLANT? I AM NOT BEING NEGATIVE BUT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG W ...
    read full comment

  • ' and Jesus wept ' 11 years ago

    The saboteurs ran him off and tried to kill his noble plans for this great nation, but Nkrumah never dies. The will of the Young Pioneers to succeed is stronger than that of the nay sayers.

  • Nero 11 years ago

    whiles countries like germany are shutting down their nuclear power plant and focusing on renewable energy sources,here we are preparing to use our scanty national resources on nuclear which may not be the ideal source of ene ...
    read full comment

  • agbesi dramani mosquito lordina 11 years ago

    Stupid idiots that call it self ministers stop fooling ghanaians and yoursefs.. ..you will pay for your thieferys.

  • eddy 11 years ago

    it is a good idea and possibly one of the best ways in generating energy..bt the question is, have we gotten there?..no!..look at how careless our people r..n do they know the consequences if nt well handled? n even how to ha ...
    read full comment

  • Yaa 11 years ago

    Solar rooftop first

  • ooh ghana 11 years ago

    nonsense .what didnt nkrumah do to bring nuclear to ghana go to atomic down and see those projects destroyed

  • Narteh 11 years ago

    Why do we want to go nuclear with all the dangers associated with it? Why don't we use solar energy to produce our electricity? It is cheaper and safer than nuclear power. Ghana must wake up!!!! Who are your advisers?

  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 11 years ago

    Thanks for your wise comment,Mr Nartey.I believe strongly that Ghana will be better off laying emphasis on investing in solar energy production.Even countries which are less sunny are vigorousy investing in the production of ...
    read full comment

  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 11 years ago

    If Osagyefo had not been overthrown Ghana would have been a top nuclear energy producer by now and not experiencing the 'Dumsor,Dumsor' problem facing the nation now.May those responsible for the coup which overthrew him be i ...
    read full comment

  • Bright, USA 11 years ago

    You see how stupid and incompetent these Ghanaian leaders are? Did they consider the risks associated with Nuclear Power? It is an old technology and besides countries like Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Japan, to name a few, ...
    read full comment

  • Ben 11 years ago

    You morons don't know what maintenance is and you want to go nuclear?huhhhhhhh

  • Kofi Thomas, Cape Coast 11 years ago

    Regardless of political differences in Ghana, this is a move in right direction for energy sufficiency and efficiency. However, Govt should pay a serious attention to deforestation and its consequent desertification, water sc ...
    read full comment

  • footballer 11 years ago

    Where will they put the nuclear waste? Why not get potable water to everyone and toilets solid waste treatment plants.It would help with malaria.

  • Sankofa 11 years ago

    Do we have the technology and expertise to produce nuclear energy?

    Disposal of spent nuclear material is a huge problem in the countries that produce nuclear energy. No satisfactory solution has as yet been found.

    What ...
    read full comment

  • Otubuah Siaw - Sappore 11 years ago

    Ghana was on this path some 50yrs. back but our plans was rudely scuttled by a coup, sponsored by the West and their local collaborators, U.P- PP-NPP ."THE DEVIL CAN ONLY DELAY U BUT NOT STOP U." Ghana would have been far f ...
    read full comment

  • Norsaid 11 years ago

    Aabeii! So to some people everything about gov't eh? Where is the issue of govt ploy here? No wonder we've so many lazy ppl around whose only mantra is "we don't have money".

  • Norsaid 11 years ago

    Let me confess my ignorance abt energy issues first. Nonetheless this is one of the few times i've enjoyed this forum - proper national debate on energy.
    Having read all arguments, i think the nay hv it. From lazy, careless ...
    read full comment