A question hangs over the consultants who overrode the choice of Eskom’s technical team
Westinghouse, the loser in a R4.1-billion tender to revamp Koeberg, claims some Eskom executives drove a revamp contract towards rival firm Areva.
Westinghouse is demanding a review of the utility’s decision on Koeberg contract
The board still appears hesitant to bring the farcical nuclear repair saga to a conclusion
The Eskom board is dragging its feet over awarding a maintenance tender for Koeberg, which has raised safety concerns
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.
It is likely that SA’s much-awaited second nuclear power station will be put out to tender after September this year, the <i>M&G</i> has learned.
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/ 24 September 2008
A final decision on whether South Africa will extend its nuclear power capacity is expected within the month, if not sooner.
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/ 28 February 2008
France is giving a R15,5-billion (â,¬1,4-billion) coal-fired power station to South Africa as a gesture of friendship. The agreement was signed on Thursday between Buyelwa Sonjica, the Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs, and Jean-Marie Bockel, the French Deputy Minister for North-South cooperation.
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/ 14 January 2008
Eskom has asked two international nuclear giants to submit bids to build South Africa’s next nuclear power station, a media report said on Monday. The new plant, twice as powerful as Koeberg, would be the first of five or six more nuclear plants that Eskom is planning to help solve the country’s energy shortage.