TUESDAY, 7.00PM:
THE Council for Nuclear Safety is worried by rapid development near Cape Town’s Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, and says it must be brought under control.
Further development could create enormous difficulties should an emergency evacuation of Koeberg ever become necessary, council general manager Jeff Leaver told the Minerals and Energy parlimentary committee on Monday.
Leaver said this might result in certain landowners being unable to develop their properties, while land prices might drop.
Eskom, which owns Koeberg, has commissioned a study by Canadian experts on the development issue. Meanwhile, Koeberg, while there is room for improvement in controls, is deemed “acceptably safe”.
* THE South African government has added its voice to world condemnation of the three underground nuclear tests carried out by India.
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