South Africa: Minister Hails Developments Around Pebble Bed Modular Reactor

South Africa: Minister Hails Developments Around Pebble Bed Modular Reactor

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says Cabinet's decision to lift the state of care maintenance of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor will place South Africa back to its "rightful place" at the forefront of nuclear technology.

Minister Hails Developments Around Pebble Bed Modular Reactor

Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says Cabinet’s decision to lift the state of care maintenance of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor will place South Africa back to its “rightful place” at the forefront of nuclear technology. The Minister was speaking during a media briefing on Sunday. “South Africa is going back to its rightful place as a major player on the nuclear fuel cycle and we are confident that over a period of …

SA Dusts Off Pebble-Bed Dreams As Government Pushes New Nuclear Reactor

[Image: Wikimedia Commons] Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramakgopa dropped the bombshell on Sunday, announcing that the government is powering ahead with plans for a brand-new nuclear plant and a resurrection of the long-forgotten modular reactor dream. The shiny new plant, set to rise in Duynefontein near Cape Town, is expected to pump out four gigawatts of nuclear muscle in its first phase. Go big or go home, right? Except nuclear is the wo…