Why Nene was fired - Zuma

Some interesting news, and VERY suspicious timing...

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-12/12/content_22695369.htm
By Lyu Chang (China Daily)
Updated: 2015-12-12 09:15

Country stands good chance of bagging $80b order for four reactors, say industry officials
Industry officials are confident of China being the front-runner to win the right to build South Africa's new generation of nuclear power stations.
"We think we are likely to win the bid, after preparing all the documents for the tender," Zheng Mingguang, head of the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute, a high-tech arm of the State Nuclear Power Technology Corp.

"The nuclear energy industry also involves other issues, so we can't set any date yet on the final bidding process," he said.

The country hopes to land the contract using its CAP1400 nuclear technology, which is designed by SNERDI and based on the AP1000 reactor technology developed by the United States-based Westinghouse Electric Co LLC.

South Africa currently operates the continent's only nuclear power plant, near Cape Town, but the country is currently facing chronic electricity shortages.

The Pretoria government invited tenders in July for an estimated $80 billion contract to build four nuclear reactors-the largest contract in the country's history-which attracted widespread interest, including from State Nuclear Power Technology Corp, Russia's state atomic agency Rosatom and French nuclear firms.

Probably need Nene to oversee all that money flowing to China...
 
Based on Westinghouse design?

You spelled "pirated Westinghouse design" wrong.
 
Based on Westinghouse design?

You spelled "pirated Westinghouse design" wrong.

If it was half as good as the Westinghouse design, it might be ok.. but something tells me they just ignored the bits they didn't understand or that were too expensive.
 
Fiscal prudence is not what the ANC is known for.
So his statement is accurate.
 
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