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Specialists from twenty-one countries in Africa have for the first time formed an African Association of Radiopharmacy (AfrAR) to strengthen their capacities and better meet national needs for the safe preparation and administration of radiopharmaceuticals used in diagnosing, treating and managing cancer and other diseases, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on 12 April.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 April 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-african-association-of-radiopharmacy-established-9630017
Finance must be mobilised at "an absolutely unprecedented level" if a net-zero economy is to be created as rapidly as required, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said at the Leaders Summit on Climate last week. The magnitude of this challenge means that governments alone "cannot possibly" find all the necessary investment, he added.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Banks-present-ways-to-turn-finance-green
Of the 220 research reactors in operation today, only seven are on the African continent. In other words, with 17.2% of the world population and the strongest expected growth in the coming years, Africans have access to only 3% of the world's nuclear research reactor capacity. Marguerite Leonardi, senior advisor at NPC Consulting & Engineering, and Professor Vincent Lukanda Mwamba, Commissaire Général of the Commissariat Général à l’Energie Atomique, explain why that is a concern and why the research reactor in Kinshasa should be restarted urgently.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Why-research-reactors-are-so-important-f
Areva CEO Anne Lauvergeon, a member of the delegation joining French President Nicolas Sarkozy on his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, has signed an agreement with Congolese Minister of Mines, Martin Kabwelulu, on uranium prospecting and mining.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsareva-signs-mining-deal-with-congo