Zimbabwe To Work With IAEA And Russian Investors To Develop Nuclear Energy, Says Energy Minister
3 months agoSat, 28 Dec 2024 06:22:20 GMT
Zimbabwe is working with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Russian investors to establish nuclear energy as part of its efforts to end chronic power shortages.
This was said by the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Edgar Moyo, during a press briefing on Thursday.
Moyo said Zimbabwe has expressed its interest in nuclear power to the IAEA and aims to develop small, modular reactors. Said Moyo (via VOA):
They have indicated their willingness to take us through paces until we get there.
Joseph Siegle, the director of research at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, told VOA that establishing nuclear power is both expensive and complex.
He said the Zimbabwean government should thoroughly study the lasting impact of nuclear waste disposal. Said Siegle:
[This] has always been a concern with nuclear energy — what you do with the waste, which requires some 10,000 years for the radioactive elements to decay and not pose a health risk to society.
Zimbabwe aims to have 4,000 megawatts of power capacity by 2035, ending years of power cuts that can last up to 18 hours a day.
Speaking at a media briefing, Gloria Magombo, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, said Zimbabwe plans to increase the use of renewable energies like solar and wind, alongside hydropower, due to recurring droughts. Said Magombo:
We are looking at coming in by 2030 with up to about 2,000 megawatts.
According to the government, Zimbabwe’s power generation capacity is approximately 2,600 megawatts. However, actual daily generation is currently less than half of that.
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51 Comments
Rurue · 3 months ago
mhatà dze leadership
😂😂😂😂😂 gwandabvu · 3 months ago
tipei clean water uko yekunwa nuclear nuclear kuty kudii
.. · 3 months ago
ko sewage mpadza nayo here
⛪📚 · 3 months ago
Koo vangodii kuita iya yavanoti WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT ?
Mazuva · 3 months ago
Give us a review of the past related projects before talking of new ones. This will give us a better idea of your failure and incompetence.
1 · 3 months ago
🤣🤭
mono · 3 months ago
only 32% of the population got access to electricity zesa is a mess they can't even reach 3000mw if simth had been power forever Zimbabwe would have 35gigwats
Mussolini · 3 months ago
ko chii chakazoitika kuma city councils aive nemathermal power stations.for example there was one in mutare.pliz ngazvigadziriswe tiwane magetsi.
Adazhi · 3 months ago
Ko zvavanoti inovakwa nevene wy calling Russians
Meda Online · 3 months ago
There's one word to sum up the story..... "LIPSERVICE"
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🌄🧱🍓🍌💞🍒🏆🍑🌽🍕👙scudo · 3 months ago
that pic seems to be a tower light not a nuclear power plant.hmmm jumbo.
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1😂😂😂 gwandabvu · 3 months ago
nhy hakol iwe ndoriziva tower light iri nderepa zengeza 3 muchitungwiza
Anonymous · 3 months ago
Ummm nuclear energy is way beyond our capabilities. We can run thermal, we can run hydro, later alone dream of nuclear. Come on lets be realistic with ourselves. These are just diversionary tactics by the regime which no sensible person should take seriously
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1Anonymous · 3 months ago
Suppose to read we can't
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Anonymous · 3 months ago
Just imagine nuclear weapons in the hands of zanu pf along side mad vlad support,the whole of sadc will bow down and worship them ?..........the equation here is not about electricity it's about retaining power at all cost....this is the foundation for nuclear weapons production just like their friends in Iran ,china and Russia
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Anonymous · 3 months ago
All developed nations have nuclear power in order to industrialize and grow their economies. Small modular reactors would be very good for our power shortage issues, but zvinoda proper management and proper nuclear waste disposal otherwise we might end up with a nuclear fallout on our hands
Rich · 3 months ago
This are means and ways dzekuda kusuporter ED 2030 agenda uku
Granger · 3 months ago
Kkkkkk dreams are dreams,you said by 2035 everything will be fixed,how do you know you will be still kicking,are you God?Musatinyaudze nezviPlan zvenyu zvisina kana achievement, it's just a mouth which is spitting words but nothing on practical so don't waste your time telling us nonsense.You are failing to improve waste disposal,failing to keep hospitals running smoothly, failing to maintain smith regime roads only to put patches shameless leadership,failing to drop school fees to normal fares, failing to re-open the already closed industries for job creation,failing to produce your own goods as a nation.The job is to squander resources flying to where want to enjoy national resources alone,stop interpret things which you will never achieve, how many generations are there from 1980,and younger generations are flocking out looking for green pastures but we do have closed industries.Why are not opening them?Our sisters and brothers are dying out there trying to fix better things in their life, silly leadership hatidyi hondo kana ropa zvamunosweroimba madzakutsaku imi basa nderekuuraya ataura chokwadi nxaaa **** mhani
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1😎 · 3 months ago
Starlink yakapindma there were many people talking like you, hee Zimbabwe haisi conducive I to have Starlink, hee makunun'unu maodza kudii kwacho, there nothing impossible
Vamwe vairamba kuti Zim yava ne ma EV so what's stops nuke zvayo iyo when we've got a Uranium
Anonymous · 3 months ago
Nuclear for Zimbabwe???? What utter brainless propaganda. Fix the roads, fix the hospitals, fix the schools first. Stop the thieving, stop the corruption, start to encourage citizens to remain in Zimbabwe. Nuclear - my a..........rse.
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1jojo · 3 months ago
It takes 10 to 15 years to complete. Its not the same as making slogans about looting.
1✅Pindula · 3 months ago
not anymore
👁️ · 3 months ago
2035 ED neZanu vanenge vasisipo. So it's possible. There won't be lies and looting any more.
Mp
· 3 months ago
now you want serious problems with America
🤦🏽♂️ · 3 months ago
Without significant strides in hydro and solar power projects for which we had a solid foundation it seems foolhardy and mischievous to speak of nuclear power. The minister should not insult our intellect. Hopefully he's on the chopped list in the imminent reshuffle.
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1jojo · 3 months ago
He had a dream kikikikikiki
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1🍺 · 3 months ago
kubva independence zvichongonzi tichaisa nuclear plant, it's just not fissible.Way to expensive and difficult to manage.
hkd · 3 months ago
mattako
hkd · 3 months ago
tinosvasvangwa nayo iyo frgt and smile zvouraisa izvi bodo
Concerned · 3 months ago
When we are failing the current waste disposal then we expect to do the same with nuclear waste? The Zambezi water project has since been forgotten about. Tiri kuita mahumbwe. Cities are like dumping places of waste. Even bush latrine is done in the city. Why are they negating the idea of massive solar systems? Tichahiswa ne poison by these foreign engagements.
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we are doomed in Zim · 3 months ago
sh!t, can you imagine these dunderheads trying to keep a nuclear power station running? eh? when they cant even maintain old-technology coal power stations ... eish .. we will have a Chernobyl-type disaster happening here in zim ever year !! we are doomed !!
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2Ediots · 3 months ago
there are simple solutions besides nuclear
Black-Scorpion · 3 months ago
Ndozvakanakira kurota, unongorota chero zvawada but come reality, hapana hapana
Miss Jessica · 3 months ago
This minister is masterful at creating the illusion of progress. He constantly announces new plans, but they rarely come to fruition. It's as if he's using the Zeigarnik effect to his advantage, keeping us invested in his promises, even though they often don't materialize.
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1Mazuva · 3 months ago
Don't tell us what you want to do. Show us what you have done since the beginning of this perennial problem. It's never solved by promises.
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1😎 · 3 months ago
I don't know want to speak to like Zesa spokesperson for but let's call a spade a spade, Zesa woes are not of their making, besides vandalism thefts that we can use to control we have our depleting water source from Kariba and aging Hwange units 1-6 plants machinery, if all these are upgraded and have Bulawayo, Munyati and Harare plants resuscitation and imagine how much electricity is would we have just Zesa alone, what of Independent power producers,
Solar is over emphasis cause it's only for a mere light current for lighting lights only and other not so deserving Generational pawer factors
Ku nuke uko ndiko chete kuzvipedza, America is against it cause imwe nuke waste can tempt nations to manufacture weapons but for power even a smaller plant can suffice us to have no load shedding
SanchzyChizimbe🔥 · 3 months ago
hah mukashandisa shona zvogona kutibatsira
i dont know want to speak to like whatty? · 3 months ago
say NO to drugs ! stop the drug abuse ! Just STOP IT !
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1😎 · 3 months ago
Welcome nuke finally, don't worry about the complexity exaggerated and by Americans, and so is it's disposal, when they Americans have more than and still build more reactors, Israel is has some nuke plants, Iran, Iraq, SA just nextdoor has one, what stop us from having one as well like a small one, can take a decade to accumulate larger than a brick load of of waste,,, we would export the waste to America and for safely disposal or other wise use disused mine dumps like in SA
FBI · 3 months ago
Waste toichengeta isusu, tozoita maresearch ekuti tiishandisei
✅Pindula · 3 months ago
Plutonium 💣
🤣🤣🤣 gwandabvu · 3 months ago
Hauna kukwana
ah shame · 3 months ago
pliz pliz pliz... say NO to drugs ! stop the drug abuse ! Just STOP IT !
1😎 · 3 months ago
Thats showing innovativeness and it's fscible cause the chemistry involved is all but the same yeku US Britain India Russia we ride on same chemicals from Mendelev classifications
Hombre · 3 months ago
This government thinks that we're very **** to swallow that nonsense. That dream cannot be achieved under this corrupt regime. Do the immediately achievable, solar and wind energy. Then we can buy your long-term promise.
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1Vic Venom · 3 months ago
Finally 🎉🎉
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