- The NuclearSAFE Technology, SuperLAT, will process, package, load, store, and transport nuclear waste in casket containers to several thousand feet underground.
- The technology uses a drilling system and complex engineering design to ensure efficient, safe, and secure nuclear waste storage.
An indigenous firm, NuclearSAFE Technology, has developed a method called SuperLAT that meets the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards. This method answers concerns about accidents, leaks, and terror risks associated with nuclear energy generation.
According to the firm’s co-founder, Dr Jimmy Etti-Williams, SuperLAT will process, package, load, store, and transport nuclear waste in casket containers to several thousand feet underground.
Nuclear energy is a consistent, low-carbon energy source that takes less space than other clean energy initiatives. Still, it generates waste that can remain radioactive for thousands of years. With this innovation, Nigeria is opening a new chapter in advancing and exploring the nuclear energy space.
In addition, he said it can also be retrieved when needed as fuel in reactors to generate low-carbon electricity. This innovative technology will increase safety across the industry and other areas of radiation technology.
According to Etti-Williams, the technology uses a drilling system and complex engineering design to ensure efficient, safe, and secure nuclear waste storage. The co-founder said managing such waste is the most challenging factor to the benefits of nuclear-generated electricity.
“Nigeria can explore this alternative to trigger several sustainable development agendas to pivot her national growth. Nigeria has sufficient uranium; with this technology, we can have our uranium plants to boost Nigeria and Africa’s development efforts.
“NST NuclearSAFE technology, if and when embraced and supported, will increase safety across the industry and other areas of radiation technology,” he added.