- 14 May 2013 16:26 - Richard Davies
- Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has told MPs that many of the country's older coal-fired power plants would be retired and "fall away around 2023".
- 26 Apr 2013 00:00 - Lionel Faull
- A major policy clash over the biggest spending plan in SA's history has erupted between the national planning commission and the energy department.
- 12 Apr 2013 00:00 - Dirk de Vos
- As the world debates about how safe and cost-effective nuclear power is, Dirk de Vos focuses in on SA and other power source options for the country
- 01 Mar 2013 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- A tough road lies ahead for SA's plan to use local expertise in its massive infrastructure programme.
- 23 Nov 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- From human resources to waste management, South Africa has fallen short of international standards for nuclear expansion, writes Lynley Donnelly.
- 31 May 2012 15:12 - Sapa
- Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says nuclear energy would help Africa realise its energy security goals.
- 04 May 2012 10:09 - Lynley Donnelly
- The South African government's players have yet to reach consensus on key decisions around powering South Africa.
- 20 Apr 2012 16:03 - Staff Reporter
- Nuclear power has potentially dangerous consequences whereas solar power can solve the power crisis quicker and safer.
- 23 Mar 2012 00:00 - Lionel Faull
- The price tag for six new nuclear reactors envisaged in SA's energy road map could range from a modest R322-billion to a staggering R1.4-trillion.
- 11 Feb 2012 17:57 - Staff Reporter
- Thousands of Japanese joined a march against nuclear power as worries grow about the restarting of reactors idle since the March 11 meltdown disaster.
- 14 Oct 2011 00:00 - Rianne Teule
- Government and the unions are being lobbied by an industry increasingly desperate to sell reactors, says Rianne Teule.
- 09 Aug 2011 06:51 - Yuri Kageyama
- The US sent its first representative to the annual memorial for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which killed almost 80 000 people.
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- 30 May 2011 12:03 - Staff Reporter
- Nuclear energy is not a quick-fix solution for South Africa's energy shortages, said Minister of Energy Dipuo Peters on Monday.
- 19 May 2011 17:59 - Agnieszka Flak
- South Africa needs to start the international procurement for its planned nuclear plants early next year so it can build the 1600MW plant by 2023.
- 26 Apr 2011 14:44 - Zoya Zhminko
- Russian and Ukrainian leaders marked 25 years since the world's worst nuclear disaster on Tuesday as they paid an historic visit to Chernobyl.
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- 12 Apr 2011 13:17 - Staff Reporter
- Japan said on Tuesday that the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant is gradually stabilising and the amount of radiation being released is falling.
- 28 Mar 2011 15:13 - Huw Griffith
- Highly contaminated water has escaped from a reactor building at Japan's stricken nuclear plant and may leak into the ocean, the operator says.
- 18 Mar 2011 11:37 - Fiona Macleod
- Environmentalists call on government to reconsider SA's nuclear energy plans.
- 18 Mar 2011 11:24 - Staff Reporter
- When the stakes are so high and there are safer ways to generate power, it seems sheer folly to pursue nuclear power.
- 17 Mar 2011 07:21 - Shingo Ito
- Concern over Japan's ability to contain its nuclear crisis grew on Thursday, as military helicopters dumped water on to an overheating power plant.
