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Agency team reviews response to recommendations in earlier review
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-highlights-need-for-further-work-on-koeberg-nuclear-station-lto-9-1-2024
Reactors still part of plans, but procurement process ‘must be able to stand test of time’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 20 August 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-nuclear-plans-delayed-by-up-to-six-months-following-legal-challenges-8-1-2024
A Ministerial Determination for the procurement of 2500 MWe of new nuclear capacity has been withdrawn to allow for further public consultation after legal challenges to the procedure for seeking public comments.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 17 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Africa-pauses-nuclear-procurement-process
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/regulator-approves-koeberg-1-nuclear-plant-operation-for-another-20-years-7-2-2024
South Africa's National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted state-owned utility Eskom a licence to continue operating unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear power plant for another 20 years until 21 July 2044.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Koeberg-1-cleared-for-extended-operation
South Africa’s Koya Capital has signed a partnership agreement with Stratek Global to assist in securing finance for construction of a high temperature modular reactor. The ZAR9bn ($480m) HTMR-100 is based on South Africa’s Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssupport-grows-for-south-africas-htmr-100-smr-11676146
The draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2023) setting out how South Africa will seek to ensure security of electricity supply was formally issued by Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe and will be open to public comments until 23 February.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 06 January 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-African-government-opens-IRP-for-public-comm
South Africa intends to launch a bidding process for an extra 2,500 MWe of nuclear power by March after getting approval from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) plans to issue requests for proposals by March 2024. DMRE can proceed with the procurement process after it satisfied a set of "suspensive conditions" imposed by Nersa, the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, told a livestreamed media briefing.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-africa-to-launch-procurement-process-for-new-nuclear-11372844
As the second unit at the Koeberg nuclear power plant goes offline for an extended maintenance outage, South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has confirmed it will go ahead with the procurement of 2500 MWe of new nuclear capacity with plans to issue requests for proposals by March 2024.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Africa-to-begin-new-nuclear-procurement
South Africa’s power utility Eskom said unit 1 at Koeberg NPP has been synchronised to the grid after almost a year, and the longest outage in the plant’s history. During the outage, the original three steam generators were replaced by three new steam generators. Unit 2 continued to generating electricity to the grid while the work took place and will continue to do so until the start of its next outage which will see its original three steam generators also replaced. The outage at unit 2 will start as soon as unit 1 is stable and all the required commissioning tests are complete, Eskom stated Although the unit 2 outage will be similar in terms of the scope, the lessons learnt from unit 1 will reduce the time needed with compromising nuclear safety.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskoeberg-1-back-online-after-steam-generator-replacement-11322102