Nuclear Power Station

Six-year contract with Framatome is bleeding Eskom’s finances

Beleaguered utility fined R950 million for delays in planned maintenance at Koeberg, which will leave the country without a major power source for months

Mandisa Makgakga

5 min read

Koeberg’s chief nuclear officer, Riedewaan Barkadien, has resigned to take up an executive position at a nuclear power station in Canada. Eskom said former Koeberg power station plant manager Keith Featherstone would act as chief nuclear officer from the start of August.

CAPE TOWN

3 DEC 2020

Eskom secretive about its study into seismic activity and Koeberg nuclear station

Extending the life of an aging nuclear plant, which generates only a small portion of South Africa’s electricity, in an earthquake fault zone is not worth the risk

Peter Becker

6 min read