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Mugabe sez Zimbob set to go nucular
 The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, has said his country will process recently discovered uranium deposits in order to resolve its chronic electric power shortage. Mr Mugabe, who has close ties with Iran and North Korea, two countries with controversial nuclear programmes, made the announcement on Saturday, state radio said yesterday. It was not clear how Mr Mugabe intended to use any uranium deposits, as the country does not have a nuclear power plant. He unveiled plans in the 1990s to acquire a reactor from Argentina, but nothing more was heard about the idea. Zimbabwe was not previously known to have any workable deposits of uranium, and South Africa has the region's only nuclear power station, at Koeberg. "Zimbabwe will develop power by processing uranium, which has recently been found in the country," the radio quoted Mr Mugabe as saying. "The discovery of uranium will go a long way in further enhancing the government rural electrification programme."Voters in rural areas make a substantial portion of Mr Mugabe's support.
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-11-22 |
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