Phyllis Omido- NuPEA’s Nuclear Plans Are ‘One Blunder After Another.'

[@CS-wn5lv]

There are over 440 nuclear power reactors in operation around the world. Two have had issues in the past 60 years or more. The probability of an accident is less than 1%. it is a minor risk. It is like saying air travel is unsafe because accidents do occur once in a while and they are usually fatal

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

@@CS-wn5lv the disadvantages are more than than your point. Which I agree is "valid". I can bet if we the sovereign go the referendum way, majority will not allow this.

[@allansumbeiywo6763]

Kenya as a country, we are geographically favored by the Rift valley where we can get the Geothermal energy as our baseload solution. We shouldn't waste our resources on Nuclear energy, its a fact nuclear wastes are becoming headaches even to the developed countries. The wastes lasts over 1000 years without degrading. The only time we need nuclear is just for hospital use and agriculture uses, and that on a very small scale. The relevant authorities should focus on other Energy sources, Kenya isn't ready even for the next 20 years. NUCLEAR IS NEVER A SOLUTION.

[@JoeMwangi]

Some misconception on that. And what happens after 1000 years. It does decay with time, but needs to be disposed in conditions that require minimal human intervention. Studies have been done and countries such as Finland, Sweden, Canada lead the way (based on conditions similar to the first and only natural reactor ever discovered in Gabon). In Kenya, specific regions favour such conditions. And limiting nuclear energy in the country opposes opportunities it present. At this rate, I suspect in future Kenya will be importing radioisotopes from our neighbouring country such Rwanda, Ethiopia for medical application & other application because we had this backward mindset that we can't implement the technology in the country.

[@kmbayo2009]

Activlst is clueless

[@georgemayo5623]

The Unesco site should not be damaged or tampered with, the mangrove trees is part of kenya's biodiversity and beauty of the coastal region.

[@mimibusarachibu]

Bwana you now have to invite some of us to say on such matters,we have a lot about nuclear module that Kenyans need to know

[@CS-wn5lv]

For example, South Africa has a population of 64 million people with a peak demand of power at 38, 897 MW. South Korea with a population of 51 million people has a maximum power demand at 92, 990 MW while Kenya with a population of 56 million people has a maximum power demand at 2,228 MW. South Korea has 26 nuclear reactor units in operation. And that's what separates industrialised countries from exporter-of-raw-materials countries

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

Your right on that, but what about the price tag on it?! It's very expensive 500billion minus constructing an all new power grid at another cost of 500B. Totaling to 1 trillion ksh

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

Has Kenya initiated any new industry that has spur demand of electricity??

[@CS-wn5lv]

@@kabuthakabutha9472 Yes, cost is a valid point. I only limited myself to power demand and consumption. I am not competent enough to understand the internal dynamics of the country at the moment

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

@@CS-wn5lv if we as the sovereign agree to this, just be assured that the cost of power will go up again.... Coz of the current IPP. (Independent power producers) Are charging us power bills in dollars, what about this nuclear generation??! 😔😔

[@Evolve_KE]

A while back while in college, I had the idea to start a website that described the life achievements of Kenyan Hero's and Shero's. This lady was my inspiration🎉.

[@romanus9700]

This is my favourite environmental activist in Africa

[@barnieorlando1380]

We are not ready

[@keshK7112]

I've studied about nuclear energy and I completely support CT and Eric. The nuclear energy sector is highly safe-guarded. In fact the radiation exposure from a reactor is very minimal compared to natural radiation from the sun. There are international standards/policies for every country that is exploring in nuclear. With the installation of a nuclear plant, imagine how many opportunities Kenyans will have; engineering, research especially in nuclear waste immobilisation, and many more technical jobs. I say it is a blessing cause we are capable of managing it.

[@barnieorlando1380]

the question is how prepared are we incase of an emergency. The processes require no short cuts. Given the countries history security and safety is always an after thought

[@agarjakendu]

@@barnieorlando1380 like what emergency?

[@keshK7112]

Safety and security is a common worry that majority of manufacturers face every day, same with the nuclear industry. If the facility has been approved to international standards from the IAEA (that includes infrastructure, waste immobilisation and safety regulation/emergency response), all these aspects are taken into consideration during start-up. This would also expand NuPEA as a regulatory authority to track and record every incident/response that is communicated to the public.

[@1andeyo]

Nuclear energy is not labour's intensive industry. For every one nuclear scientists or radiologist, thousands of hotels, resorts, and other tourist related industry will lose their jobs. farmers' land will be considered contaminated. You talking of high safety standard in nuclear industry. It is there in German or china's because they have a safety culture that Kenya does not.

[@1andeyo]

​@agarjakendu stupid question, we are talking radioactive. If we cannot handle garbage in our cities how can we handle nuclear waste

[@lamnot.]

12:10 Does CJGEA have the technical capacity to evaluate any study on nuclear siting, scope or development. If so, do they have alternative options or recommendations?

[@JayTwenty]

Stop jokes, we would be very incapable of handling nuclear waste, in moi's regime nuclear waste was damped in marsabit & up to date that area is still affected and is affecting Nairobi with rise in cancer cases, Chernobyl happened. nuclear is very risky. We would rather look into developing Hydrogen Power Plants, Wave & Tidal energy from the ocean, geothermal, wind, hydropower, solar, Lightning energy. There are more better ways than nuclear, other safer energies just need more investment to be fully realized.

[@keshK7112]

With all the options highlighted, the energy output from the alternatives is less compared to nuclear. The fact is energy demand is increasing, and if we need more solar panels/ wind power that means larger pieces of land. If we need wave energy we would rely on tides which are not big in Kenyan oceans. Hydrogen is potential, though we would still need more energy from the grid and large amounts of natural resources (water, if doing electrolysis) to produce it.

[@JayTwenty]

@@keshK7112 I'm seeing Hydrogen surpassing Nuclear, if more investing can go into it, it can be made more efficient, check out what Siemens Energy is doing

[@JayTwenty]

@@keshK7112 @keshK7112 I'm seeing Hydrogen surpassing Nuclear, if more investing can go into it, it can be made more efficient, check out what Siemens Energy is doing

[@JayTwenty]

@@keshK7112 I'm seeing Hydrogen surpassing Nuclear, if more investing can go into it, it can be made more efficient, check out what Siemens Energy is doing...

[@JayTwenty]

​​@@keshK7112 I'm seeing Hydrogen surpassing Nuclear, if more investing can go into it, it can be made more efficient, check out what Siemens Energy is doing

[@georgemayo5623]

🇰🇪 Kenya should not be a place to damp nuclear waste, from some global north countries.

[@CS-wn5lv]

Meanwhile, NGOs have been doing the same in Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and other south Asian countries where they oppose even the construction of roads, piped water, electricity lines. At the same time, the NGO workers are comfortably driving their 4X4s on dusty roads while encouraging locals to embrace poverty. I may not be conversant with the approach the Kenyan government is using to build energy the infrastructure

[@JoeMwangi]

She's well-funded. She should say how much funding she gets to travel abroad.

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

If you're not conversant with the topic, then just take time to learn about nuclear energy.

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

​@@JoeMwangi Sasa what if you know her funding model what will you do about it?? Put your points in a constructive criticism of the project or endorse it.

[@CS-wn5lv]

@@kabuthakabutha9472 I am conversant with the nuclear energy, and energy production/consumption in general. I am not conversant with Kenyan politics/budgeting/project costing and such

[@JoeMwangi]

@@kabuthakabutha9472 check my other comments. Didn't put much effort to this one honestly. But isn't it obvious I meant there is an international interference on our decisions by countries that have already adopted the technology? And someone is being paid to push that agenda.

[@owenabongo2675]

For national strategic interest we must adopt nuclear energy

[@Gachango-mr2xq]

👏👏👏this lady is very right when it comes to feasibility study. You cannot construct a nuclear reactor close to population & economically viable areas like where they’re planning to put up because they gonna mess up our wildlife biodiversity & fisheries that people rely on.Nuclear energy is not bad since it’s clean energy but we need a feasibility study as to where to build & also disposal of the waste.During the rogue moi regime, he allowed nuclear waste to be barried in north Eastern & ngorongoro crater for money , greed which resulted in spikes in cancerous diseases.

[@JoeMwangi]

Most nuclear power plants create economic viability industries to where they are constructed. Look at S. Korea where most world phones are manufactured, Japan steel industries, etc. Furthermore, if you look not far, in Africa, Koberg nuclear power plant is located in a nature reserve. Actually, most people knowledgeable about nuclear tend to favour nuclear being built to protect nature reserves around the site. Eastern & Ngorongoro waste, is not nuclear waste.

[@CS-wn5lv]

It is interesting that Kenya is consulting European countries on construction of such critical infrastructure. The eame European countries that have been discouraging other countries from constructing nuclear and coal power plants while at the same time they themselves are building more of such coal and nuclear power plants in 2024

[@owenabongo2675]

Knowledge is shared to scale up adoption rate

[@1andeyo]

Eric argument of we need to take the risk of testing new technologies and comparing testing solar batteries to testing small nuclear plants is missing something. With batteries, you are dealing with disasters of lithium, but with nuclear it is radioactive. material. We cannot afford nuclear disaster. A country that cannot dea with Nairobi river flood.

[@JoeMwangi]

And you think that is never put in consideration during the design, sighting, construction and operation. Have you ever wondered why nuclear power plants are never damaged by hurricanes and tornadoes?

[@agarjakendu]

@@JoeMwangi actually... is it new technology ama ni old technology? I saw the guest say that nuclear is very old very archaic yet she has a concern of "these new ones" leaking more than the others. It is an outright clown show at this point.

[@1andeyo]

@@JoeMwangi maybe you were not born in1992 when the Turkey nuclear plant in Florida was damaged by Hurricane Andrew or the Edwin plant in Georgia that was damaged by Hurricane Helene, Duane in Ohio by strong wind,, there is another plant in Alabama that was damaged by tornadoes. Yes, nuclear plants are designed to withstand extreme weather, but we had some that have been damaged. Note that the weather is getting more extreme curtesy of globe warming. The std used to design tears back may not be up to the current and future extreme westher.

[@JoeMwangi]

@@1andeyo the good thing is that we can access these information in public. None of the nuclear power plants safety systems were damaged. All records show only the offsite power, non safety systems were damaged. Core reactor remained intact, primary cooling systems remained unharmed and no radiation releases were experienced. It's because they are designed to ensure such scenarios are accounted for in the safety design. Also, the containment can withstand impact of any debris including a direct hit by a missile or an aeroplane.

[@kiprotichsalat2460]

The guest lied endlessly from the start to the end of the interview

[@1andeyo]

Lied about what, you are being intellectually lazy to call someday a lier without substantial evidence to the contrary

[@JoeMwangi]

She's clueless. Actually, she's peddling lies. She has travelled to Europe and visited several nuclear power plants funded by foreign donors and she thinks she's an expert.

[@JoeMwangi]

@@1andeyo 26:49 ... German never closed its nuclear power plants because they were unsafe or because they were expensive. It was more of a political decision based on the antinuclear movement in politics since 1970s and excaberted by Fukushima disaster in 2011. It wasn't based on any technical assessment. It actually increased carbon emissions in Germany and became a net importer of electricity in Europe. Ukraine is a great example why the nuclear power plants haven't shown any issues due to war.

[@agarjakendu]

@@JoeMwangi lol... the lady said that SMRs "leak more than conventional nuclear plants" and this @1andeyo guy was like "yep, she has a point." Serious hoping these are not the type of people training the locals in Uyombo.

[@JoeMwangi]

@@agarjakendu Disappointing honestly. I wish they invite scientist and engineers (nuclear) in future. But the media is always shy to do that. We are here.

[@georgemayo5623]

Siku njema huonekana asubuhi.

[@JayTwenty]

I'm seeing Hydrogen surpassing Nuclear, if more investing can go into it, it can be made more efficient & powerful, check out what Siemens Energy is doing...

[@JoeMwangi]

You'll be shocked how hydrogen production is energy intensive.

[@JayTwenty]

@@JoeMwangi talk with facts and not parroting, Siemens Energy would have gone the nuclear route, but they found a better way, go to their website and understand, they already have operational plants that are working, with more R&D and investment, Hydrogen will be the energy of the future. While @ it research Nikola Tesla. Don't be a slave to mediocrity and monopolies keeping humanity down, having an ethos of profit over everything even if people die along the way

[@JoeMwangi]

@@JayTwenty yeah, but you can't fight physics to produce high scale efficient hydrogen production using electrolysis. Best hydrogen is based on thermal chemical process. Why is china is constructing high temperature gas reactor to produce hydrogen at industrial scale level, Russia too?

[@1andeyo]

Great point

[@JayTwenty]

@@JoeMwangi Bro, we can tap into wireless electricity, nuclear is primitive archaic energy. Sasa you want us to go back to horses and carriages while we have V 16 engines. Let's use our brain cells on Alternatives. Africa can set the trend, we don't need to copy paste everything, esp. If its harmful to the environment and humans, we need the symbiotic relationship we have with trees, Co² for O², plus last time I checked Hydrogen is No. 1 on the periodic table, there is a reason for that. Since it is already operational, with the capacity it has now, I'd rather we test that one out and figure it our as we continue using it, with our health intact. With R&D, surely, it will become more efficient.