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South Africa plans to restart PBMR nuclear project next year | SA News

South Africa plans to restart PBMR nuclear project next year - Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

South Africa expects to lift the care and maintenance status of its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) by the first quarter of next year or even earlier, energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Wednesday.

Once considered a global leader in the development of small modular nuclear reactors, South Africa halted its PBMR research in 2010 after spending more than R10-billion and before building a planned demonstration model.

“We are far advanced in our internal processes to make the case to lift the care and maintenance on the PBMR,” Ramokgopa told a media briefing.

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