• Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Press Release
  • Sitemap
Africa News Wire
  • General
  • Business Affairs
  • Lifestyle
  • Health Care
  • Sports
  • Legal
  • Study
  • National
  • Press Releases
  • Home
  • General
  • Fourth FNRBA conference kicks off in Swakop

Fourth FNRBA conference kicks off in Swakop

WebDesk
September 3, 2012September 7, 2012 No Comments

SWAKOPMUND: Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Willem Isaacks officially opened the fourth Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FNRBA) conference here on Monday.

The week-long conference, which is sponsored by the United States of America Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will amongst other things focus on the application of quality management requirements in the lifecycle of nuclear power plants and the fundamentals of nuclear reactor regulations.

The conference will also serve as a training workshop for members of the thematic working group on regulatory infrastructure for nuclear power plants on the fundamentals of reactor regulations, nuclear quality assurance and codes and standards.

The working group consists of 16 participating countries of which 22 delegates will be representing Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Tunisia.

The working group seeks to assist participating members by moving towards convergence on regulatory standards, increase stakeholders’ understanding of regulatory practices and enhance regulatory cooperation.

Speaking during the official opening, Isaacks indicated that the ministry is proud to note that Namibia is an active member of the working group who will be assisting member states to increase stakeholder understanding on the regulatory practices of nuclear technology.

“As a country, we are ambitious to address our perennial electricity generation capacity shortfall challenges by seriously considering nuclear power generation, as Namibia is currently the fourth largest producer of uranium, the primary nuclear energy resource,” he said.

The deputy minister stated that the foundation which valuable regulatory exercises can be built on is the development and sustaining of sound national regulatory infrastructures.

The regulatory infrastructure will include national regulatory standards and bodies that are equipped to effectively and efficiently implement regulatory control over the application of nuclear technology.

Isaacks added that through the collaboration of all partners, including the support of development partners, the ministry is confident that the challenges Namibia face in its long-term strategic development can be overcome.

“We take the opportunity of nuclear power generation serious and are ready to patiently go through the requisite developmental stages with the assistance of local, regional and international experts, including the big minds gathered here today,” he said.

The conference will be followed by a planning meeting where the working group will discuss its activities.

Post navigation

Adult Learners’ Week launched in Omaheke
Berseba community starting community vegetable garden

Related Articles

Vrtual State of the World Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Dialogues

- General
January 26, 2021

Mdical & Healthcare

- General
January 26, 2021

U Gears Up Operations to Help Mozambicans Battered by Cyclone Eloise  

- General
January 26, 2021

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

For security, use of Google's reCAPTCHA service is required which is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

I agree to these terms.

News Search

Page Links

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Press Release
  • Sitemap

Advertisement

MonthlyArchives

Advertisement

News Archives

January 2021
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Dec    
© Copyright 2021 - Africa News Wire. All Rights Reserved
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Press Release
  • Sitemap