GRAY MAGUIRE: Extending Koeberg’s operating lifespan will be cold comfort to Capetonians
The alternative, its intended decommissioning, will cost R23bn and take 20 years
01 December 2020 - 14:44
Winston Churchill once wrote that the actions of Russia were a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. He could easily have been writing about our department of mineral resources & energy.
In the same month that the reversal of the environmental authorisation and withdrawal of South Korean partner Kepco put the nail in the coffin for Thabametsi coal-fired power station, the National Energy Regulator of SA invited public comment on pie-in-the-sky plans to procure 2,500MW of new nuclear generation capacity...
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