UNDICTATED: SA’s lost nuclear opportunity ready for comeback, can end blackouts
Dr Kelvin Kemm offers context into why nuclear went off the rails in SA and why the country may finally be ready to cash in.
Dr Kelvin Kemm offers context into why nuclear went off the rails in SA and why the country may finally be ready to cash in.
There is a lot in this interview to absorb and chew over, not least Kemm’s view that it makes sense to dust off SA’s scrapped PBMR programme.
It’s almost eight years since Alec’s interview with Kelvin Kemm, who was then lobbying for the country to resuscitate its PBMR programme.
After reading this article, there’s no way you can be confused about the way the Guptas and the complicit ANC president Jacob Zuma have robbed the nation.
Yesterday’s High Court judgement is probably not the end of the nuclear saga. It is, however, a huge blow for those trying to drive through the process.
Jacob Zuma’s nuclear deal will be disastrous for South Africa. It will literally bankrupt the country, diverting billions of rands from poverty reduction projects, while producing a nuclear white elephant in two decades’ time.
The nuclear procurement programme will officially begin on September 30, amid a court case against the process and as rating agencies watch the country’s spending plans.
If you think the delays, cost overruns and the wanton snouting at the Medupi, Kusile and Ingula Pump Storage projects were and are appalling, you ain’t seen nothing yet, says Ed Herbst.
The 9.6 GW nuclear procurement programme has not been postponed indefinitely, the Department of Energy (DoE) said on Wednesday.
Rosatom moved to win over a sceptical South African public and showcased its finest nuclear energy facilities to a group of SA journalists on Tuesday.