Ghana will select by December a company to build its first nuclear power plant from contenders including France's EDF, US-based NuScale Power and Regnum Technology Group, and China National Nuclear Corporation, an energy ministry official said.
South Korea's Kepco and its subsidiary Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Corporation as well as Russia's Rosatom were also competing for the contract expected to span the next decade, said Robert Sogbadji, deputy director for power in charge of nuclear and alternative energy.