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Sustainability of South Africa’s electricity supply under scrutiny with return to power outages
South Africa had not seen rolling power outages, locally called load shedding, in almost a year. Their sudden return, announced by the state-run power utility Eskom on January 31, has dashed hopes of ...
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Hungary’s atomic energy watchdog orders partial halt of construction at Paks NPP expansion site after incident
Hungary's National Atomic Energy Authority (OAH) has ordered a partial halt to construction at the Paks II nuclear power plant (NPP) after a section of the southern wall of the excavation pit ...
esi-africa.com21h
Hitting the energy sweet spot through coal, nuclear and RE
Panelists at the recently held Mining Indaba agreed that coal, nuclear and renewables all have their place in the energy mix ...
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We know why nuclear build costs are soaring — and Australia faces the biggest increases
The history of nuclear power construction is the history of costs going up and up, and delays getting longer and longer — not just over the past decade but since the 1960s. And studies of what ...
Texas A&M offers land to 4 nuclear energy companies for small reactors
Four nuclear energy companies will work with the university to bring reactors to Texas A&M-Rellis, the 2,400-acre tech ...
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Ramaphosa’s Electricity Reform Marks Turning Point for South Africa’s Energy Future
South Africa’s energy sector is entering a new phase of reform, with President Cyril Ramaphosa positioning the recently enacted Electricity Regulation Amendment Act as a transformative step toward ...
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Eskom CEO Dan Marokane on mining, energy and SA’s just energy transition
Marokane, speaking on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba, shared his insights on the evolving relationship between mining and ...
Nuclear Engineering International4d
A nuclear South Africa and net zero
Despite its heavy reliance on coal-fired generation, South Africa has an opportunity to accelerate its push towards net zero ...
Engineering News6d
IEA report points to revival in nuclear interest
A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report argues that nuclear capacity could double ... as in extending the lifetimes of existing power stations. Nevertheless, the technology’s share ...