André de Ruyter moves to clarify Eskom modular nuclear tender
He said the wording of a tender that suggests Eskom wants to revive dreams of building such nuclear plants, is ‘rather unfortunate’
31 January 2020 - 15:06
André De Ruyter, the new CEO of struggling utility Eskom, moved to address confusion over a tender released to the market, which suggests that Eskom wants to revive costly dreams of building small, modular nuclear plants.
Speaking at a media briefing on Friday, De Ruyter said Eskom is “not about to build new modular nuclear reactors”, calling the wording of the document released on Thursday “unfortunate”. ..
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