Tag Archives: South Africa

Nuclear waste: Eskom’s R200m deal via Business Report

Posted on 2015/08/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Cape Town – South African power utility Eskom, struggling to meet demand in Africa’s most developed economy, is to pay an estimated R200 million for the supply of nuclear waste storage casks to keep its Koeberg plant running beyond 2018. … Continue reading →

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Revealed: real price of nuclear energy via BDLive

Posted on 2015/07/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

THE price of electricity generated by nuclear power is expected to be higher than that from any other technology except for gas and diesel, two separate and independent analyses have found. The government is pressing ahead with a politically driven … Continue reading →

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Radioactive city: how Johannesburg’s townships are paying for its mining past via The Guardian

Posted on 2015/07/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Much of the waste from 600 abandoned mines around South Africa’s largest city is piled high next to residential communities – most of which are poor and black Johannesburg’s mine dumps look strangely beautiful from a distance. Lustrously yellow in … Continue reading →

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Mismanagement of megaprojects is why nuclear plan should be opposed via Rand Daily Mail

Posted on 2015/06/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SA’s huge nuclear plan should be opposed not because it’s intrinsically a bad idea, but because all megaprojects tend to fail South Africa is about to embark on a huge project to build a set of nuclear power stations, which … Continue reading →

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SA wants six new nuclear power plants via Business Report

Posted on 2015/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Cape Town – South Africa will start the process to procure a nuclear fleet to generate 9 600 MW of power this year, the energy minister said on Tuesday, as Africa’s most advanced economy battles an energy crunch. To meet … Continue reading →

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My Last Year As Head of Greenpeace via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2015/04/01 by norma field

By Kumi Naidoo […] But over the last year I have been feeling a strong pull to return home to South Africa. I have been away for 17 years and it feels that the time to return is upon me. … Continue reading →

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South African who attacked a nuclear plant is a hero to his government and fellow citizens via The Center for Public Integrity

Posted on 2015/03/17 by norma field

Wilkinson planted four bombs that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the Koeberg nuclear power plant north of Capetown in December 1982, in what is arguably one of the most ambitious and successful terror attacks against a … Continue reading →

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No plan to finance SA’s nuke programme via iol news

Posted on 2015/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Cape Town – Financing of South Africa’s proposed fleet of nuclear power stations – reported to cost about R1 trillion – has not been considered by the National Treasury, nor does it form part of the fiscal framework for the … Continue reading →

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France to Build 8 Nuclear Reactors in South Africa via International Business Times

Posted on 2014/10/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

France is set to construct eight nuclear reactors in South Africa after signing a $US50 billion ($A54.10 billion) agreement early this week. The deal likewise stated skills development, localisation of nuclear technology as well as research and development in South … Continue reading →

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South Africa signs nuclear agreement with France via Reuters

Posted on 2014/10/10 by norma field

(Reuters) – South Africa has signed a nuclear power agreement with France, the government said on Friday, three weeks after it reached a similar deal with Russia as part of Pretoria’s first tentative steps towards building up to 9,600 MW … Continue reading →

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