Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer
A team of eleven Kenyans has been sent to Korea to undertake postgraduate studies in Nuclear Science at the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) training school. The team was picked from various parastatals in the Ministry of Energy.
The candidates will pursue a comprehensive two-year masters degree programme in nuclear engineering. Upon graduation, the nuclear scientists will play a key role in laying the groundwork for Kenya’s nuclear electricity generation plans over the next two decades as envisaged in the Vision 2030 national development policy.
Besides the 11, six students drawn from the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board, Kenya Power and Lighting Company and Kenya’s Radiation Protection Board admitted last year are now concluding their two year Masters Studies in power generation, power transmission, and radiation safety.
28 students sponsored by Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board (KNEB) are currently undertaking Master of Science in Nuclear Science degree course at the University of Nairobi’s Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology.
“All these organizations require highly skilled manpower, conscious of safety, security and safeguards requirements as per the International Atomic Energy Agency’s guidelines,” said KNEB Executive Chairman , Ochilo Ayacko.
The nuclear power programme has three key facets: a Nuclear Electricity Programme Implementing Organisation (NEPIO) – which is the role KNEB is performing, a regulator who will ensure application of nuclear technology is done safely with safeguards for human life and property. The third arm is the operator, which is the body that will run the nuclear power plant.
The government intends to adopt nuclear energy in an effort to increase Kenya’s installed electricity capacity to over 19,000MW in the next two decades through diversification.
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