The African Commission on Nuclear Energy has launched a five-year programme, Uplifting Nuclear Safeguards in Africa, which will have support from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland and funding from the European Union and Finland.
The African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) has launched a five-year programme to strengthen nuclear safeguards across the continent. Designated simply “Uplifting Nuclear Safeguards in Africa”, it was publicly unveiled with the holding of the programme’s first training course, hosted by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and held in Midrand, between Johannesburg and Pretoria, this week.
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Many Finnish pharmacies ran out of iodine tablets Wednesday, a day after the Nordic country s health ministry recommended that households buy a single dose in case of a radiation emergency amid increasing fears of a nuclear event due to Russia s war in Ukraine.
The Finnish Health Ministry said Tuesday that "an accident at a nuclear power plant could release radioactive iodine into the environment, which could build up in the thyroid gland."