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“You will know that we are working on a request for proposals for 2 500 MW of nuclear and sites have been identified . . . therefore we are hoping that at a point we will have more nuclear power around us.”
He even argued … Read the rest
by PD Lawton 23 April 2023
Minister Gwede Mantashe at Klipspruit Colliery
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, attended the recent opening of a new underground coal shaft at Klipspruit Colliery in the coal-rich Mpumalanga province … Read the rest
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Labour union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has expressed its support for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s pro-coal stance, alleging “coercion” is being employed to move the country away from the carbon-intensive fuel, driven … Read the rest
Knox Msebenzi, Managing Director of the Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa, on the challenges facing Eskom.
Source: Newzroom Afrika
13 March 2023… Read the rest
PD Lawton Interview
Knox Msebenzi is the Managing Director Of the Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa (NIASA); Former Projects Manager of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa ( NESCA). He holds a degree in Engineering … Read the rest
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No, that is all marketing guff, to make both customers and investors feel warm and fuzzy about entrusting them with their money. Banks are cold, hard capitalist institutions, motivated only by profit. They reckon they can rapidly rig up solar plants on the cheap, with … Read the rest
by David Cherry , 23 January 2022
The near-collapse of Eskom—the beating heart of the country—which had been allowed to happen by a combination of incompetence and oligarchic malevolence, may soon be turned around, thanks to the … Read the rest
the following are some of the key points made by one of the world`s leading nuclear physicists, South African Dr Kelvin Kemm, in this super informative as well as entertaining presentation, given in South Africa in November 2022. Dr Kemm makes the point for nuclear energy as the future primary … Read the rest
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