Eskom seeks partners in bid for sustainable nuclear programme
Eskom is looking at a fleet of nuclear plants with a generating capacity of 9,600MW as it says that experience over the past 40 years has shown that this reduces costs significantly. This view is expressed in its request for information for its nuclear build programme issued on Tuesday with a closing date for submissions at 10am on April 28. The document says that "government shall endeavour to implement a fleet approach to power reactor procurement which is needed to optimise the industrial process and ensure economies of scale. "The experience gained from nuclear construction programmes in the past 40 years has shown that there appears to be significant cost and time reductions over the nuclear power plant construction costs over the construction of a fleet of standardised nuclear power plant units." Eskom is also wanting to investigate having a larger number of units on one site to reduce capital and operating costs. Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (Necsa) CEO Phumzile Tshelane ...
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