A state-of-the art small modular re­actor (SMR) has been launched at the University of Nuclear and Allied Sciences to boost Ghana's energy production.

It is called the NuScale Energy Exploration (E2), the first of its kind in Africa, and aimed to serve as a training and research centre for nuclear scientists.

It was funded by the United States government under the De­partment of State's Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Tech­nology (FIRST) programme.

In addition to the simulator, the partnership between the U.S.