/ 19 August 2021

The nuclear option: Should it carry South Africa’s baseload?

Africas Only Atomic Plant Bets $1.2 Billion On A Second Life
Power on: Koeberg nuclear station. The ANC Youth League has supported the development of nuclear energy, identifying it as “critical to advance massive industrial development”. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Some argue that nuclear power will get us to our clean energy goals faster, but other experts say it is unsafe, unaffordable and unnecessary

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