Once in a year, a group of interesting and impactful people from Africa gathers for the week-long experience — which attendees have described as “Years back, nuclear energy was a fancy option limited to the industrialized world. In due course, nuclear could be an energy source for much of Africa, where only South Africa currently has a nuclear power plant.”
Of the 30 countries identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as interested in nuclear power programmes, one-third are in Africa. Although the first commercial nuclear plant in these countries may be decades away, now is the time for potential international partners to start taking Africa’s nuclear power ambitions seriously.
If nuclear’s advantages are to materialise in African countries, its deployment will in all likelihood need to follow a different path than it took in the developed world. The history of nuclear power in the developed world is the story of large-scale light-water reactors (LWRs), which are expensive to build, water-hungry, and require huge grid capacity. The deployment of traditional LWRs in developing African nations, therefore, will need to anticipate and address these challenges.
Today, what started as a small conference has turned into the unmissable rendez-vous for product people.
Hear 9 inspiring talks, meet the best product people in Europe, and party together after the event!
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