Cape Times (Digital)

Cape Times (Digital)

1 Issue, 2023-12-21

Nuclear power the answer to South Africa’s energy woes

A fleet of small modular reactors could be easily installed at most coal-fired power stations The original South African Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010) identified and approved a massive generating capacity expansion for South Africa. The plan envisaged adding just over 38GW, to basically double the capacity installed in 2014. The 2010 expansion plan envisaged installing “a nuclear fleet of 9.6GW (8 to 9 nuclear power plants); 6.3GW of coal; 11.4GW of renewables; and 11GW of other generation sources”. The 2019 Revised IRP (Government Gazette No 42784 of Oct 18, 2019, p 95) lowered the planned nuclear expansion to a mere 2.5GW, taking into account that it can only be added “at a pace and scale the country can afford” (Gazette par. 5.3.6). It increased the planned contribution of renewables…
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