Nigeria: Group Urges Govt to Reconsider Nuclear Energy Plan After Russia Accident

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has warned that Nigeria's decision to build nuclear power plants to augment the poor power situation in the country will result in mishaps similar to the Arkhangelsk region explosion in Russia last week which led to a spike in radiation levels and mass evacuation of communities near the facility.

Last week, Russian scientists were working on miniaturised sources of nuclear energy when a rocket engine exploded. The explosion killed five people and caused radiation readings in neighbouring cities to spike to 20 times above their normal level in half an hour.

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