South Africa’s nuclear power station has been completely shut down

[Newsfeed]

South Africa’s nuclear power station has been completely shut down

Eskom announced that Koeberg Nuclear Power Station's Unit 1 was, safely and within procedure, taken offline.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Oh no... loadshedding for us?

 

[Lupus]

Oh no... loadshedding for us?

No

 

[Rickster]

/inb4 loadshedding.

 

[Tech Guy SA]

didnt i hear the other day we were at over capacity.

Didn't unit 2 get serviced 3 years ago during load shedding? Telling me its in its chops again.

"This was due to seawater intake challenges linked to a sardine influx near the station’s cooling water system, said Eskom."

Its called a filter..

 

[Lupus]

didnt i hear the other day we were at over capacity.

Didn't unit 2 get serviced 3 years ago during load shedding? Telling me its in its chops again.

"This was due to seawater intake challenges linked to a sardine influx near the station’s cooling water system, said Eskom."

Its called a filter..

They need refueling every 400 days, normally this only takes 2 months, but unit 2 is being refurbished and upgraded at the same time.

 

[Lupus]

/inb4 loadshedding.

For 1 power station that's been running at half to a third for 6 months?

 

[Smiggles]

Replace it with solar.

 

[RedViking]

WAT.
Has anyone noticed yet?

No, AdR left the country.

 

[Hemi300c]

Save the sardines