Nigeria’s government has announced that it has opened bids for the construction of the country’s first commercial nuclear power station.
Press reports in the west African country said Yau Idris, director-general of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority – the government entity responsible for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation – made the announcement at the Nigerian International Energy Summit in the capital Abuja.
He said the station, with four units generating a total of about 4,000 MW, would be the largest power plant in Nigeria and take the country’s total generating capacity to 11,000 MW.
Press reports in the west African country said Yau Idris, director-general of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority – the government entity responsible for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation – made the announcement at the Nigerian International Energy Summit in the capital Abuja.
He said the station, with four units generating a total of about 4,000 MW, would be the largest power plant in Nigeria and take the country’s total generating capacity to 11,000 MW.
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