Eskom chief nuclear officer emigrating to Canada

[C4Cat]

Not Perth??

What's happening...is the place full?

You have to white to go to Perth, apparently?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Ooh how terrible! "outage cut off 25 percent of Canada’s internet traffic for nearly all of Friday". Complete rookie numbers, SA is having blackouts since 2008 and is getting worse.

We've been having internet blackouts since 2008 as well?

Hells bells, I must be in some zone that is immune to those.

 

[Benedict A55h0le]

We've been having internet blackouts since 2008 as well?

Hells bells, I must be in some zone that is immune to those.

OMG you again with your dumb posts.

 

[chuckles_the_cnt]

30 years of experience at Eskom, at least he's leaving the place in it's prime operating condition!

 

[ToxicBunny]

OMG you again with your dumb posts.

I'm an evil Socialist who stalks you.

 

[dualmeister]

PS, it's Bakardien.

 

[PrimeSteak]

I'm an evil Socialist who stalks you.

Yes, we at Socialist International are keeping a close eye on Benedict since he is the biggest threat to our movement.

Good work Comrade Bunny, may Marx be with you always...

 

[rh1]

He will be replaced by Keith Featherstone, a long-standing nuclear executive with over 30 years of experience. Featherstone also previously served as a manager at the Koeberg nuclear power station and will act as Eskom’s chief nuclear officer while it looks for a permanent replacement.

So the person looking after Koeberg will be replacing him.

Or am I missing something. Till he also get headhunted.

 

[TheChamp]

So the person looking after Koeberg will be replacing him.

Or am I missing something. Till he also get headhunted.

Then they can bring back the guy they accused of incompetence but later silently redeployed to another position and nothing was ever heard of his disciplinary proceedings.

Suspended Koeberg head redeployed to new position

Eskom on Wednesday confirmed Ntuli’s redeployment to the Cape Times, saying it was effective from October 1.

www.iol.co.za

 

[TheChamp]

This departure is interesting, looks like the acting station manager has also left, so it's the two most senior positions now vacant.

Another change to the power utility’s workforce will see the acting general manager at Koeberg power station, Nomawetu Mtwebana, join the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) as a reverse loanee.

 

[wingnut771]

This departure is interesting, looks like the acting station manager has also left, so it's the two most senior positions now vacant.

They probably had enough of politicians.

 

[TheChamp]

They probably had enough of politicians.

Who knows? it also does not paint a good picture of Eskom's management regardless if that's based on fact or perception.

Last time we had issues at Koeberg the manager was charged with something and later redeployed, now we have issues again and the acting manager and the Chief nuclear officer get jobs somewhere, it could just be a wonderful coincidence or it could be something planned in advance in case Eskom wants to make them fall guys like it did with the others.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

You have to white to go to Perth, apparently?

Not sure what the rules are...that is @surface specialty.

He has al the stats and inside info.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Going to Canada to teach them how to implement loadshedding?

No, they need some guidance on how to professionally drop a spanner into the nuclear power plant!

 

[rh1]

I wonder if it had anything to do with this:

Eskom's Koeberg nightmare: Bosses on warpath over 'out of control' R20bn nuclear plant upgrade project | News24

Eskom management suspended three project managers amid a sweeping probe into massive claims and delays that have plagued a key, multibillion-rand contract to replace the steam generators at Koeberg nuclear power station.

www.news24.com

Paywalled, google let me to this:

Eskom's Koeberg nightmare: Bosses on warpath over 'out of control' R20bn nuclear plant upgrade project & More News - 99 News Buzz

Eskom has started a sweeping forensic probe into the cause of delays as well as claims running into hundreds of millions of rands linked to contracts worth

99newsbuzz.com

Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.

Eskom has started a sweeping forensic probe into the cause of delays as well as claims running into hundreds of millions of rands linked to contracts worth R20 billion related to the refurbishment of Koeberg nuclear power station.

This comes after the power utility’s chief executive, Andre de Ruyter, stated in a recent generation board meeting that it appeared Eskom was “not in control” of the contracts linked to major upgrades to extend the life of Eskom’s only nuclear power station by another 20 years.