Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09DARESSALAAM15
2009-01-14 06:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Cable title:
TANZANIA: NO PLANS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
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SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/E JLIDDLE AND T MARC HUMPHREY, COMMERCE FOR
SARAH LOPP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG TRGY TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA: NO PLANS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
REF: 2008 STATE 127423
According to Ministry of Energy and Minerals Commissioner for
Energy and Petroleum Bashir Mrindoko, Tanzania has no current
civil nuclear energy plans. Abraham Nyanda, Director General
of the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission, told us that
although there are several private companies exploring for
uranium, primarily in southern Tanzania, commercially viable
deposits have not been confirmed.
GREEN