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Kenya is moving forward with plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025 as part of a larger development program. But, as in other countries, Kenya has activists who do not believe nuclear power is safe compared to other kinds of energy. Christopher Cruise joins us.
At the University of Nairobi, some students are training for the jobs of the future -- at what is expected to be Kenyas first nuclear power center.
The Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology trains 15 students a year to be technicians and engineers. The students will earn a masters degree at the end of their study program.
David Maina is the director of the Institute. He says producing more electricity is important to Kenyas development.
The kind of things this country is imagining that they want to do require a lot of power. And here we are with only 1,600 megawatts. What can we do? If you compare that to a country like Korea which has 43,000 megawatts, you see we are a tiny consumer compared to those big economies.
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