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High voltage electrical pylons on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi.

Why Kenya’s push for nuclear power rests on false or fanciful premises

Kenya has engaged the International Atomic Energy Agency and signed multilateral letters of intent in pursuit of nuclear power.

‘Nuclear energy companies and utilities are facing a tougher financial climate than ever before

World renewables blow nukes up

Competition from low-cost green energy is putting the screw on nuclear vendors and state utilities

The utility had originally implemented stage 2 load-shedding on Monday, which requires that 2 000 megawatts be rotationally shed from the system.

Storm over pebble bed modular reactor as Eskom ponders its resurrection

It still has staunch believers but sceptics question the project’s feasibility, writes Lynley Donnelly.

Declining US oil production

Nuclear power ‘will cost SA just $1bn’

South Africa will make a $49 billion profit on a $50 billion nuclear power station fleet, if a utopian report is to be believed.

‘Clever blacks’: People backed Jacob Zuma even in the face of rape and corruption charges.

Letters to the editor: April 15 to 21 2016

Readers write in about Zuma, and Eskom’s nuclear plans.

Nuclear can pay its own way

Nuclear can pay its own way

Naysayers refuse to see how the nuclear power industry has evolved and become economically viable.

Thuli Madonsela has been accused of pursuing a personal vendetta against Jacob Zuma

Nukes: The next Nkandla for Thuli

The public protector has a year left in office and hopes to resume quiet meetings with Cabinet. But Madonsela’s going won’t be with a whimper.

Pelindaba nuclear facility

SA sends 50 trainees to China for nuclear skills development

Trainees from "major role players" in the industry set to learn about nuclear power plant engineering, procurement, maintenance and other subjects

Construction of the Kalininskaya nuclear power plant near Moscow. Russia’s energy company is angling for a monopoly in South Africa.

Russians muscle all others aside in nuclear bid

Russian energy company Rosatom has made it clear they should be the sole supplier of everything nuclear in South Africa.

SA, Russia agree to $50-billion nuclear deal

South Africa has agreed to a strategic partnership with Russia, worth $50-billion, to significantly increase its nuclear power generation capacity.

Editorial: Nuclear ambition could cripple SA

Jacob Zuma’s plan for a fleet of nuclear power stations has the potential to impose a burden under which the South African economy could buckle.

South Africa’s new nuclear challenges

South African authorities will have to address two critical issues as the country faces signing for its new nuclear procurement megaplan.

Nuclear deal back on track

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.

Algeria to build nuclear power plants from 2020

Algeria aims to build its first commercial nuclear power station around 2020, Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil said on Tuesday.