The Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) on Wednesday, hosted winners of its raffle drawn at the 2021 Ghana Industrial Summit and Exhibition (GISE) held at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in August this year.
According to the Public Affairs Manager of NPG, Bellona-Gerard Vittor-Quao, the invitation of the winners to the facility formed part of their public engagement activities and knowledge sharing on Ghana’s Nuclear Power development efforts to establish a Nuclear Power Plant in Ghana.
She stated that, the introduction of nuclear power requires a social license that must be obtained among satisfying other technical conditions and the completion of actions on the 19 infrastructure issues in establishing such programme.
She emphasised that the supply of commodities, services, and components to construct and operate the nuclear facility require the involvement of industries that can comply with nuclear codes, standards, and quality requirements.
Ms. Vittor-Quao said, it is therefore important that industry owners and players are engaged to understand the requirements, guided to prepare adequately to explore the opportunities available in the power generation project.
She added that, government is passionate about the local content component and our industries must be appropriately positioned to play key roles. The winners were invited to the GAEC facilities to also expose them to the existing uses of nuclear applications in the agriculture and health sectors that Ghana has been involved with since the 1960s.
As part of their winning packages, the five winners including their business team members numbering about twenty-four, whose background are in Small and Medium Enterprise, toured the Ghana Research Reactor Centre, Accelerator Research Centre, and the Radiation Technology facilities at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC).
In a welcome address by Ing. George Dzotepe, on behalf of the Executive Director, the winners were encouraged to link up with NPG to undertake an assessment of their business capabilities and potentials using the nuclear standard and requirements as part of their preparedness to contribute to the power project.
Other NPG and GAEC officers who took the winners through their operations and various Phases and stages of the Nuclear Project development include Ing. John Avor, Mark Sarfo, Dr Henry Cecil Odoi, Dr Christian Nuviadenu, and Dr Mavis Owureku.
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