poweralert....

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Unfortunately not an option. Medupi and Kusile's a shining example of mismanagement etc.

Now take a shufty at Hinkley Point C, and imagine the ANC in charge of that. Plus keep Medupi and Kusile also firmly in mind.

Yep. Not worth it, because it'll be a total stuffup and it'll most probably do a Fukushima/Chernobyl when starting it up.

@THE Librarian - would you consider nuclear if say the French company, EDF, built it in SA?

 

[The_Librarian]

At least the cards are now on the table. Maybe

Unless you are Lando Calrissian.

 

[The_Librarian]

@THE Librarian - would you consider nuclear if say the French company, EDF, built it in SA?

If, and only if, there's full transparency and no political meddling. Also absolutely no BEE nonsense at all.

 

[wingnut771]

@THE Librarian - would you consider nuclear if say the French company, EDF, built it in SA?

If that was possible we would have Starlink by now.

 

[wingnut771]

Station build-up for the last 7 days - Eskom Data Portal

This shows how resources were used to build-up the demand over the past 7 days, and it includes both generation and demand side resources that Eskom has contracts with.

www.eskom.co.za

 

[Brian_G]

If that was possible we would have Starlink by now.

Answer is to setup all these projects in the Republic of Hout Bay.

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Eskom to apply for enviro exemption to allow for earlier restart of Kusile units

Eskom will approach the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) for an exemption to allow it to temporarily bypass the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) units at the Kusile power station in an effort to reintroduce 2 160 MW of production, months earlier than would be the case...

m.engineeringnews.co.za

 

[Brian_G]

^^ Some of the other items of interest mentioned;

“The board will soon be able to approve a funding model for the diesel procurement,” he added, without providing details, including whether the National Treasury was willing to assist with any funding.

“We are putting in place engagements with farmers and with agricultural societies to see how we can assist farmers, particularly when loadshedding is at exceptionally high stages.”

Oberholzer indicated that the current tariff structure and loadshedding standard might need to be reassessed in the interest of ensuring food security and continued export production.

 

[AlphaJohn]

^^ Some of the other items of interest mentioned;

How do I rezone my house as a farm ?

Also got new respect/View over nuclear after watching this:

Wonder how we compare on spent fuel safely...

 

[DarkSt0rm]

Eskom to apply for enviro exemption to allow for earlier restart of Kusile units

Eskom will approach the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) for an exemption to allow it to temporarily bypass the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) units at the Kusile power station in an effort to reintroduce 2 160 MW of production, months earlier than would be the case...

m.engineeringnews.co.za

It's such a slippery slope... Logically I'd find it hard to argue no, but who knows, the next exemption might be for the powerships...

 

[Brian_G]

Also got new respect/View over nuclear after watching this:

Wonder how we compare on spent fuel safely...

My whole argument is simply based on the Japs - highly capable and all done really well, yet they had a disaster.
No thanks, not ever added to here.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I know Ramaphosa is useless but at least there is something on the table. Just imagine if NDZ was president. Literally there would be nothing, not even a plan.

That's not true. Smoking would have been banned because it would encourage social gatherings which use unnecessary power...

 

[AlphaJohn]

My whole argument is simply based on the Japs - highly capable and all done really well, yet they had a disaster.
No thanks, not ever added to here.

The thing that hit me was that site has been down for 9 years yet the spent fuel in the shielded dry storage where enough to heat the air coming off to 48C and will be doing so for some years still <-- Like WTF

We need to deal with the spent fuel 1st before we go "balls to the wall" and pop them all over the place.

 

[Lupus]

My whole argument is simply based on the Japs - highly capable and all done really well, yet they had a disaster.
No thanks, not ever added to here.

Yes cause you're often going to get an earthquake and a tsunami like that all the time? Also they've learnt lessons from that and in the 70s years of nuclear even the big 3 is only 2%of the 667 plants that have ever run and it's still actually the safest power source.

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[Lupus]

The thing that hit me was that site has been down for 9 years yet the spent fuel in the shielded dry storage where enough to heat the air coming off to 48C and will be doing so for some years still
We need to deal with the spent fuel 1st before we go "balls to the wall" and pop them all over the place.

We deal with the spent fuel every day, in fact it's safer then any other power sources byproducts.
Remember even the spent fuel will actually die out, the byproducts from other sources remain deadly forever.

 

[AlphaJohn]

We deal with the spent fuel every day, in fact it's safer then any other power sources byproducts.
Remember even the spent fuel will actually die out, the byproducts from other sources remain deadly forever.

We dealing with it by not dealing with it.....

Every country has their own methods of just putting it in containers and ignoring the problem.

https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/nuclear-waste-pilesscientists-seek-best/98/i12

 

[Brian_G]

Yes cause you're often going to get an earthquake and a tsunami like that all the time?

Thing is it can happen, and these days the weather is whacky.

Also they've learnt lessons from that and in the 70s years of nuclear even the big 3 is only 2%of the 667 plants that have ever run and it's still actually the safest power source.

This country is not safe. Nothing can be counted on with authority here.

 

[wingnut771]

Yes cause you're often going to get an earthquake and a tsunami like that all the time? Also they've learnt lessons from that and in the 70s years of nuclear even the big 3 is only 2%of the 667 plants that have ever run and it's still actually the safest power source.

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Lets say DBN had a nuclear power plant and something like the July looting happened. What then?

 

[Brian_G]

The thing that hit me was that site has been down for 9 years yet the spent fuel in the shielded dry storage where enough to heat the air coming off to 48C and will be doing so for some years still <-- Like WTF

We need to deal with the spent fuel 1st before we go "balls to the wall" and pop them all over the place.

I'm about halfway through the video. Scary stuff!

 

[Gothan]

Lets say DBN had a nuclear power plant and something like the July looting happened. What then?

Easier to chase the looters as they’d glow in the dark ?