Why is nuclear power back in fashion?

At the big COP climate summit last December, more than 20
countries pledged to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050 to
help cut carbon emissions. The signatories included familiar
nuclear names such as the US, France and Japan...but also
newcomers, like Ghana.


Although Ghana doesn’t currently have any nuclear power plants,
president Nana Akufo-Addo says he wants to build one or two by
2030. So why is this African nation turning to nuclear? How will
it pay for the multi-billion-dollar power plants? And will this
help fight climate change?


Presenter Graihagh Jackson is joined by: on-the-ground reporter
Thomas Naadi; Dr Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for
Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London; and Dr Kacper
Szulecki, research professor at the Norwegian Institute for
International Affairs.


Production team: Octavia Woodward, Ben Cooper, Brenda Brown,
Simon Watts, Matt Willis.


Sound design by Tom Brignell.