Ghana's Nuclear Power Program: Staffing The Nuclear Regulatory Authority Progress And Challenges

Ghana's quest to deploy nuclear energy as part of the energy mix, demands for a tailor-made approach to education and training of personnel to effectively provide regulatory oversight of the entire phases of a nuclear power programme. Ghana has since the promulgation of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority Act, 2015 (Act 895), established an independent Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) with its functions and responsibilities defined. The law provides for the regulation and management of activities and practices for the peaceful uses of nuclear material or energy, radioactive material or radiation; the protection of persons and the environment against the harmful effects of radiation hazards and to ensure the implementation of the country's international obligations and for related matters. To ensure the functionality of the regulatory authority, an action plan has been drawn covering human resource development. This paper seeks to highlight the approach adopted by the NRA to capacity building of staff for Ghana's planned nuclear power programme. (author)