South Africa considers new nuclear power plant
OCT 10, 2006
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020508
SA business report : The South African government is close to purchasing a new water pressurized nuclear power plant from French engineering firm Areva says Alec Erwin, South Africa’s public enterprises minister. The move is related to South Africa’s increasing energy demands and delays in building South Africa’s own gas bed modular reactor (PBMR) prototype . The South African government has an ulterior motive for buying a Areva reactor. The PBMR company has been courting Areva to take a stake in the company since the US-based Exelon company pulled out in 2002. Currently Japanese-owned Westinghouse Electric Company is South Africa’s only international partner, with a 35 percent stake in the PBMR project. Related links: Gas bed modular reactor (PBMR) company Areva
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