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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg good to go for another 20 years

    Koeberg good to go for another 20 years The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted Eskom a licence to continue operating Unit 2 of the Koeberg nuclear power station for another 20 years. In a statement on 6 November 2025, NNR chairperson Protas Phili explained that the licence was...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg Unit 2 trips

    Koeberg Unit 2 trips Eskom says that Unit 2 at its Koeberg nuclear power station near Cape Town experienced an unplanned, non-technical trip while operating at full capacity on Sunday, 2 March 2025. "Koeberg Unit 2 inadvertently tripped during the execution of work on Unit 1, which is...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Refurbished Koeberg Unit 1 faces one last test on Saturday

    Refurbished Koeberg Unit 1 faces one last test on Saturday Eskom said that Unit 1 at its Koeberg Nuclear Power Station will be undergoing its final test following the installation of new steam generators over the past year. The full load rejection test to be carried out on Saturday, 30...
  5. Jan

    Nuclear regulator warns Koeberg will, at maximum, operate at half-strength for the foreseeable future

    Bad news for Koeberg Power Station The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has confirmed that Koeberg Power Station's two generating units will seldom run together for the foreseeable future. During a media briefing to update the public on the power station's Long-Term Operation (LTO) licence...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's first mini reactor could be online by 2026 — Report

    South Africa's first mini reactor could be online by 2026 — Report The Western Cape could get South Africa's first mini nuclear reactor as early as 2026, Sunday news Rapport reports. The publication has received exclusive information about the project from South African venture capitalist...
  7. Jan

    Eskom assures Koeberg long-term operation project is on track

    Eskom assures Koeberg nuclear power station is on track Eskom has announced that mechanical work for replacing steam generators on unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear power station was completed on Friday, 28 July 2023. “This is the most significant part of the scope which involved complex...
  8. Jan

    Eskom's Koeberg problems persist

    Koeberg unit quits again — Here is a timeline of its many troubles in 2022 Unit 2 at Eskom's Koeberg nuclear power station near Cape Town suffered another setback this past weekend, wiping a potential 920MW generating capacity off the grid. The power utility says the unit tripped from full...
  9. Jan

    Eskom plans to restart Koeberg from tonight

    Good news for load-shedding — Koeberg to come back online Eskom plans to start synchronising one of the Koeberg nuclear power station's generating units to the grid on Friday evening, more than six times after it first went offline. The utility has suffered numerous delays in bringing back the...
  10. Jan

    Koeberg Unit 2 return-to-service delayed - Again

    Eskom delays Koeberg unit return-to-service Eskom has revealed that Koeberg's Unit 2 generator will only return to service by the end of July 2022, after previously confirming that it was set for the middle of the month. The power utility's chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer attributed the...
  11. Jan

    Eskom gives estimate for Koeberg's return to service

    Good news about load-shedding — Koeberg nuclear power station unit to come online soon Eskom's Koeberg power station could soon add 920MW to the grid as its Unit 2 generator's start-up is now in progress, the power utility has told MyBroadband. However, the unit would not be added to the grid...
  12. Jan

    Eskom hoping to bring big generating units back online

    A glimmer of hope for power cuts in South Africa — Eskom bringing back big units Eskom says it plans to bring 2,500MW of generation capacity back onto the power grid before the end of June 2022, radically reducing the strain on the system and the risk of load-shedding during the winter. During...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Unbelievable incompetence at Koeberg nuclear power station

    Unbelievable incompetence at Koeberg nuclear power station Koeberg has disgraced itself. It has just shown almost unbelievable incompetence as if its senior management does not know what it is doing. I must emphasise that this blunder presents no danger either to Koeberg workers or to the...
  14. Jan

    Eskom's has a big maintenance problem at Koeberg

    Eskom's big Koeberg nuclear power plant problem Eskom had not completed the containment building needed to store radioactive parts before shutting down Koeberg's Unit 2 for scheduled maintenance. Energy expert and EE Business Intelligence managing director Chris Yelland told Talk 702 that the...
  15. Jan

    Eskom delays Koeberg repairs to avoid load-shedding

    Eskom delays Koeberg repairs to reduce load-shedding this winter Eskom announced on Friday that it has delayed scheduled repairs to Koeberg’s steam generators after its contractor warned that the maintenance would take longer than estimated. “Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station was...
  16. Jan

    Anti-nuclear board member harmed National Nuclear Regulator - Mantashe

    National Nuclear Regulator harmed by anti-nuclear board member — Mantashe South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has asked Peter Becker, the community representative on the board of the National Nuclear Regulator, for written reasons as to why he shouldn’t be fired. Mantashe, who has...
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    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  17. Jan

    Eskom engineer exodus

    Exodus of engineers at Eskom Eskom engineers and technical staff are leaving the power utility because of affirmative action, a lack of career prospects, cadre deployment, nepotism, and a toxic work environment. This is according to an article in Rapport, which highlighted problems in...
  18. Jan

    Eskom forecast - no load-shedding until August

    Eskom reveals worst-case for load-shedding Eskom has provided its outlook for load-shedding over the next seven months, revealing a worst-case scenario with 90 days of load-shedding. The state-owned power utility showed the forecast during its latest State of the System briefing, in which the...
  19. Jan

    Mantashe suspends nuclear regulator board member - raises questions ahead of major life-extension project

    Warnings over Koeberg after Mantashe boots nuclear regulator board member Energy minister Gwede Mantashe has suspended civil society's representative from the board of South Africa's National Nuclear Regulator (NNR). The suspension of Koeberg Alert Alliance's (KAA's) Peter Becker comes during...
  20. Jan

    Koeberg life-extension project is already running late

    Nuclear power station life-extension project running late — even before it starts The installation of six new steam generators at Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear power station, which was scheduled to begin on 5 January 2022, appears to be running late even before it started. Koeberg power station...
  21. Jan

    Risky Koeberg nuclear power station steam generator replacement project

    Koeberg nuclear power station life extension poses serious risks Preparations are underway for the replacement of the six steam generators at Eskom’s 1840 MW Koeberg nuclear power station, in what South Africa’s national electricity utility says is the most complex project ever undertaken at...
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