68TH General Conference
ABOUT NuPEA
The Nuclear Power and Energy Agency is a State Corporation under the State Department for Energy (SDE), Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MoE&P) that was established under the Energy Act 2019. It is charged with the responsibility of promoting and implementing Kenya’s Nuclear Power Programme, carrying out research and development, and capacity building in the energy sector.
Why Nuclear Energy For Kenya
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Nuclear Power is Reliable & Stable
Nuclear energy is a reliable, stable, base-load source of electricity. Nuclear power plants do not rely on the weather and operate continuously without interruption for 18 months, before stopping for periodic maintenance and refuelling. Having Nuclear in Kenya's energy mix, shall lower the unit cost of electricity for domestic and industrial customers.
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Clean & Environmentally Friendly
Nuclear power plants do not produce carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the main greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, during the electricity generation process.
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Affordable
Nuclear power is a mature technology that uses uranium based fuel, which is available at stable global prices. The nuclear plants have low maintenance costs, long plant life (up to 80 years) and are consequently a low cost source of power compared to other large scale generation sources.
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Economic/ Industrial Growth
Nuclear plants contribute substantially to the national and local economy, both in direct spending and in economic activity generated by the presence of the plant, its employees and the surrounding community. Industries will benefit from reduced electricity costs stimulating investment by local and international companies leading to enormous industrial growth
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Job Creations
A Nuclear plant creates up to 7000 jobs at peak construction and up to 700 long term, permanent jobs to operate and maintain the plant. The Plant shall operate for at least 60 years, providing high-quality knowledge-based jobs to Kenyan men and women for almost 100 years from program start to finish.
Figure 1:The Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Moses Wetang’ula poses…
Participants from across Sub-Saharan Africa during the Interregional Workshop on Key…
Participants of the Stakeholder Validation Workshop on Nuclear Safety Conventions pose…
