nuclear power

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Why South Africa's new nuclear power plans could make sense

    Why South Africa's new nuclear power plans could make sense The recently gazetted Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 is expected to cost the country R250 billion per year, and some have criticised the plan's emphasis on gas and nuclear power as unnecessary. However, considering the...
  3. 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...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Small nuclear power project secures land at Zilkaats Estate

    Small nuclear power project secures land at Zilkaats Estate Nuclear technology company Stratek Global has secured land on which it plans to build a small modular reactor (SMR), Business Times reports. The 2,000-hectare site is located along the Gauteng and North West border and is owned by the...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    New nuclear power far off for SA

    New nuclear power far off for SA South Africa's Ministry of Electricity and Energy withdrew a determination to procure new nuclear energy capacity after a court challenged the decision. This is according to South Africa's Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who answered...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg Unit 2 back online after second outage in days

    Koeberg Unit 2 back online after second outage in days Eskom has announced that it successfully returned Unit 2 at Koeberg nuclear power station to service on Sunday, 9 March 2025. Following its startup from 18:17 on Sunday, the unit has been incrementally ramped up to 646MW and will continue...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ramaphosa signs nuclear safety amendment bill into law

    Ramaphosa signs nuclear safety amendment bill into law President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the National Nuclear Regulator Amendment Bill, which provides for nuclear safety oversight, ranging from the decontamination of defence facilities to airline pilot safety. The National Nuclear...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    New nuclear power plans coming by end of August — Ramokgopa

    New nuclear power plans coming by end of August — Ramokgopa Energy and electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is aiming to reveal South Africa's plans for a new 2,500MW nuclear power station by the end of next month. Ramokgopa told Sunday Times that a team was in the advanced stages of...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Expert weighs in on SA's ideal energy mix

    Expert weighs in on SA's ideal energy mix South Africa’s economy has been hard hit by 15 years of load-shedding (rolling blackouts). The country’s coal-fired power plants have a maintenance backlog and frequently experience unexpected technical failures. On the other hand, South Africa has...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg Unit 1 passes full load rejection test

    Koeberg Unit 1 passes full load rejection test Eskom has announced that the full load rejection test of the refurbished Unit 1 at Koeberg Power Station on Saturday, 30 December 2023, was a success. The utility said this was the final test that needed to be performed following the installation...
  11. 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...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    NuScale cancels one of US's first mini nuclear plants

    NuScale cancels one of US's first mini nuclear plants NuScale Power Corp., the first company with US approval for a small nuclear reactor design, is cancelling plans to build a power plant for a Utah provider as costs surge. The move is a major setback to the burgeoning technology that has...
  13. 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...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Report says Eskom chose poorly — French contractor fumbles Koeberg life extension

    Report says Eskom chose poorly — French contractor fumbles Koeberg life extension Several serious and costly blunders by Eskom and French contractor Framatome are to blame for substantial delays in the critical Koeberg life extension project, according to sources who spoke to Sunday newspaper...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg Unit 1 return delayed to November

    Koeberg Unit 1 return delayed to November South Africa’s Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. expects to finish maintenance on the first of two units at its 1,940-megawatt Koeberg nuclear plant in November after delays doubled the time it’s taking to complete the work. The steam generator replacement on...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg Unit 2 returning to service before Monday morning peak — Eskom

    Koeberg Unit 2 returning to service before Monday morning peak — Eskom Eskom says it plans to return Koeberg Unit 2 to full operation before the morning peak demand period on Monday, 17 April 2023. The unit tripped in the early hours of Saturday morning, forcing Eskom to rework its planned...
  17. 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...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Europe's largest nuclear power plant attacked by Russia, raising fears of explosion 10 times worse than Chernobyl

    Europe's largest nuclear power plant attacked by Russia, raising fears of explosion 10 times worse than Chernobyl Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine came under attack from Russian shelling early Friday, Ukrainian officials said, raising the stakes in Vladimir Putin’s...
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    The true (hidden) cost of nuclear power

    It seems few people know of or even mention these consequences of what happens when things go wrong with nuclear power : http://enenews.com/ Are these discussions part of the decision making? Cape Town does not even have stock of iodine in case Koeberg blows. Research how many "events"...
  20. Kevin Lancaster

    Did South Africa sell nuclear secrets to Russia?

    Did South Africa sell nuclear secrets to Russia? The DA has raised questions about a “vaguely worded” statement buried in the National Treasury’s 2014/15 annual report.
  21. Kevin Lancaster

    Japan warns South Africa about nuclear power

    Japan warns South Africa about nuclear power A Japanese nuclear energy expert on Tuesday cautioned South African decision makers to think carefully about nuclear waste before committing to its nuclear build programme.
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