However, there are concerns over the management of nuclear waste when and if the Nigerian government chooses to explore this option. “As we seek a carbon-free world, nuclear waste management is the most challenging factor to the benefits of nuclear generated electricity,” noted Dr Jimmy Etti-Williams, co-founder, NuclearSAFE Technology, LLC based in Norman, Oklahoma, who has proffered the use of NST SuperLAT, as a breakthrough in nuclear waste management. According to Dr Etti-Williams, “SuperLAT will process, package, load, store and transport nuclear waste in casket containers to several thousand feet underground. It can also be retrieved when needed as fuel in reactors to generate low carbon electricity.”He added that “SuperLAT is designed to offer safe and economic alternative to meet the present and future nuclear waste challenges.”He also described NST SuperLAT as a geological nuclear waste disposal technology that will isolate and dilute nuclear waste in line with universal regulations. Dr Etti-Williams added that the technology satisfies International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other stakeholder concerns about nuclear waste storage accidents, leakages or terror risks.

Source: Nigerian Tribune September 14, 2023 00:40 UTC