Eskom’s insistence on using French company Framatome for “strategic considerations” in the Koeberg life extension project has appeared to come back and haunt it.
Several serious and costly blunders by Eskom and French contractor Framatome are to blame for substantial delays in the critical Koeberg life extension project, according to sources who spoke toThese mishaps have now led to demands and counter-demands between the two parties, which experts are concerned threaten further slowdowns and billions in cost overruns.
Featherstone blamed the delay on “unanticipated” obstacles and issues with integrating a local workforce for the project.If it takes as long as Unit 1, it might only be returned to service by October 2023, months after Koeberg’s original operating licence expires. It argues that because Unit 2 only came into operation about a year after Unit 1, its initial lifespan expires in November 2025, not July 2024.
Due to their 320-tonne weight, Rapport’s sources said they had to be carried on six expensive flights using Russian Antonov cargo planes.The now-destroyed Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya can carry loads of up to 250 tonnes, while an upgraded version of the smaller An-124 can handle 150 tonnes.
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