Eskom has missed the deadline it set for returning Koeberg unit 2 to the grid

[mylesillidge]

Eskom misses major deadline at Koeberg nuclear power station

Eskom has missed its own deadline for bringing Koeberg unit 2 online, the Sunday newspaper Rapport reported.

This lack of generating capacity and an unprotected strike at several of its power stations forced Eskom to escalate load-shedding to Stage 4 on Friday, 24 June 2022.

 

[etienne_marais]

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

Whaaaaat? Eskom failed? And they're usually so competent. I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

I'm guessing stage 6 this week if not 8.

 

[dualmeister]

 

[Thor]

I don't like it that Koeberg is in the news so much, isn't it already past its original lifetime?

A end of life nuclear power station in the only functional part of the country and Eskom a headless chicken.

Sounds like the ANC wet dream.

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

This isn’t the first time Eskom has missed an important deadline. In January 2020, shortly after taking the reigns at the beleaguered power utility, André de Ruyter promised to end load-shedding by the winter of 2021.

 

[Grubscrew]

I don't like it that Koeberg is in the news so much, isn't it already past its original lifetime?

A end of life nuclear power station in the only functional part of the country and Eskom a headless chicken.

Sounds like the ANC wet dream.

wow there Nelly, the nuclear power station was placed in the least important part of the country. We couldn't risk it in a province that contributed positively to the fiscus, if something would have gone wrong, so it was placed in the western cape. A great PR campaign was launched to stop the over reaction from the NIMBY crowd. It was so effective that people in the Western Cape still believe they stay "somewhere special".

 

[grok]

Job well done! Bonuses all around..

Just be glad they didn't sell Eskom for R51

 

[wingnut771]

 

[werfie]

Whaaaaat? Eskom failed? And they're usually so competent. I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

I'm guessing stage 6 this week if not 8.

What shocked you? Certainly not electricity, cause you need some for that to happen.

 

[Vrotappel]

Thank you ANC cadre deployment.

 

[RonSwanson]

They should fire Jan.

 

[sand_man]

Only deadlines these clowns won't miss are mid year and christmas bonuses... what's the bet?

 

[Shadowchaser1]

Unreal. The country & entity with all the excuses in the book. What you don't see is the word SOLUTION. Seems like PROBLEM is the Bling word in SA.

 

[Thor]

wow there Nelly, the nuclear power station was placed in the least important part of the country. We couldn't risk it in a province that contributed positively to the fiscus, if something would have gone wrong, so it was placed in the western cape. A great PR campaign was launched to stop the over reaction from the NIMBY crowd. It was so effective that people in the Western Cape still believe they stay "somewhere special".

Come to WC, it's a different country my man.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Someone took the money for the containment building and built a firepool.

 

[dualmeister]

Somebody is trying to make CPT look bad and put us on the same level as the rest of the country.

 

[Pegasus]

Unreal. The country & entity with all the excuses in the book. What you don't see is the word SOLUTION. Seems like PROBLEM is the Bling word in SA.

I think they deserve another chance.

One more bailout to help fix the issues.

 

[SilverCode]

I think they deserve another chance.

One more bailout to help fix the issues.

Slow down there buddy. We need to first set up a committee to discuss how we are going to put together a plan for a war-room that can oversee the subcommittees that will be given the mandate to come up with ideas on how to fix the issues.

You can't just jump right into fixing the problem. That is a western concept.

 

[Kola-CT]

They missed their stage 4 schedule here next to Koeberg too, started 3 minutes early and stopped almost a minute late.

If you see a flash and mushroom cloud to the west, sorry but I might not post again after that.