The shutdown has intensified debates over nuclear power, with activists challenging its reliability and cost-effectiveness
The electricity minister says having both generating units at the nuclear power station offline would be a disaster
Two units at the nuclear power station will be out of action in September, meaning the loss of about 1 840 megawatts or about two stages of load-shedding
The nuclear plant will continue operating beyond next year, despite concerns over waste disposal
Union questions the utility’s decision to stall maintenance at the nuclear power plant
South Africa’s only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, has frequently been in the news in 2022, all for the wrong reasons.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government will shorthly announce actions ‘to achieve much faster progress in tackling load-shedding’
The completion of maintenance to a unit at the nuclear plant will add 920 megawatts to the grid
Legal processes required to grant a licence for South Africa’s nuclear power plant have not been followed, civil society organisations say
The project will extend operating life of South Africa’s only nuclear power plant by another 20 years