German residents have been ordered to be prepared for nuclear emergencies amid the diplomatic fallout with Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
Germany's President of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection warned on Wednesday that the country's residents needed to be prepared against dangerous radioactive particles left in the air and water after a nuclear explosion or leakage at a nuclear power plant.
In an interview with the newspapers of the Funke media group, Inge Paulini said the ongoing military conflict between Moscow and Kiev had “made it clear to the general public that we have to be and remain prepared for a wide variety of nuclear emergencies,"
The head of the country’s radiation protection office warned that the conflict in Ukraine could cause a wide range of disasters in neighboring countries and the Germans must prepared for nuclear emergencies.
Radiation does not stop at the borders and we need to be ready, she insisted.
Ghana is interested in purchasing a floating nuclear power plant from Russia, Ghanaian Ambassador to Russian Koma Steem Jehu-Appiah told Sputnik.
"I know that our minister of energy was here last year and signed a corresponding agreement. I think this is innovative, and in a conversation with the minister of energy, he said that the country is interested.
So, Ghana could purchase such a nuclear power plant," the diplomat said when asked about the possibility of Ghana purchasing a floating nuclear power plant.
Russia and Ghana began cooperation in the field of nuclear energy after signing an intergovernmental agreement in 2015.
The agreement outlined plans for joint work in the areas of training specialists, building nuclear power plants and related infrastructure, and providing maintenance services. In October 2023, representatives of Rosatom met with the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy in Cape Town. At the meeting, Russia proposed using floating nuclear power plants to supply power to ...
