- The facility located at the suburbs of Arusha, at a cost of Sh13 billion will be used for testing and maintenance of sophisticated radiology equipment and instruments and serve the East African region.
Tanzania’s ultra-modern nuclear energy laboratory that has been under construction since 2017 will be finally completed by September. The facility located at the suburbs of Arusha, at a cost of Sh13 billion will be used for testing and maintenance of sophisticated radiology equipment and instruments and serve the East African region.
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Prof Lazaro Busagara, the director general of the Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (Taec) revealed that scores of staff members of the Commission were currently being trained to operate the lab.
The first phase was completed and officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa in April, 2018. Construction of the second phase began in September 2019 and was undertaken by Chinese Li Jun Development Construction Company. It includes ten mini labs for radiology; Alpha, Beta and Gamma rays, Cytogenetic laboratory and XRF lab. There are also laboratories that will handle instrumentation and maintenance, radiochemistry and radioactive wastes conditioning.
This is viewed as the most modern laboratory of its kind in Africa complying with internationally agreed legal and security requirements on nuclear energy equipment.