South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power station might not meet its service return deadline due to maintenance concerns, Electricity minister Ramokgopa has said. Read more here:
Koeberg nuclear plant as seen from Melkbosstrand. Picture: SHELLY CHRISTIANS
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said Monday there was growing concern that unit 1 at Koeberg nuclear power station in Cape Town, which is currently on a maintenance outage for a steam generator replacement, will not be returned to service by mid-September as previously communicated by Eskom.If unit 1 is not returned on time, this could mean that both generating units will be out of service at the same time, depriving SA of an additional 920MW of much-needed generation capacity .
He was meant to visit Koeberg last week to get an update on progress made, but this visit had to be postponed due to other pressing matters.“Once we have an overlap of unit 1 not coming on stream and unit 2 having to be taken off [for maintenance] the net picture is that we would have lost 920MW from where we are now…. That is a huge dent on our generating capacity. That is something we want to avert at all cost.
The steam generator replacements on both units are part of the critical maintenance that has to be completed for the National Nuclear Regulator to determine whether it will be safe to extend the life of Koeberg by another 20 years when the plant’s current operating licence expires in July 2024.
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