Unbelievable incompetence at Koeberg nuclear power station

Hanno Labuschagne

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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 local public. This is not a safety matter but an operational one, and it hurts all the more since Koeberg has had a good operational record.

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Kawak

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A piece that should shock me massively, simple steps missed, deadlines pushed back and the entire country delayed for lack of skills in management, planning and running of a key location/instrument. I am pro nuclear but this is making me think. The real worry, I don't think many of us are shocked by this as it's just the same in so many other important institutions, albeit, at less dangerous places.
 

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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 local public. This is not a safety matter but an operational one, and it hurts all the more since Koeberg has had a good operational record.

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10x more to go?
 

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"Koeberg has been quietly producing large amounts of cheap, clean, reliable electricity"
Well, the radioactive waste is a bit of a sore point for most.
 

r00igev@@r

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The ANC cadres must eat! We must all be like Uncle Gweezy.

The shed was converted to a Chicken Licken.
 

BBSA

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Next to the capital of the independent Republic o_O
 

itareanlnotani

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Factually inaccurate at points, reeks of opinion piece, however, the gist of it is he is right.

Complete balls-up from Eskom's side, even if you ignore the mess of corruption and ANC interference.
 

maumau

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Was it just me, or did anyone else find the style of writing obnoxious?

It's a bit colloquial but otherwise fine for me. Good info (from what I know) , seems the writer is justifiably irritated.

EDIT: apparently some of the info is incorrect.
 
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BadBoyGP

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"Koeberg has been quietly producing large amounts of cheap, clean, reliable electricity"
Well, the radioactive waste is a bit of a sore point for most.
What nuclear waste?

That will only happen at half life which is the next 25000 years to 4.5 billion years.
 

j4ck455

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The ANC cadres must eat! We must all be like Uncle Gweezy.

The shed was converted to a Chicken Licken.
Let the cadres eat radioactive waste?

As for Greedy Mantashe, that cadre has had his palms greased more than the so called food at a Chicken Licken.
 
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