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South Africa pushes ahead with new Western Cape nuclear plant - Koeberg
The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom

The environment minister on Friday upheld a previous decision granting environmental authorisation for state-owned power utility Eskom to build and operate a new nuclear power station in the Western Cape.

Environmentalists had appealed against the original 2017 authorisation for a new 4GW nuclear power station being built at Duynefontein, close to the Koeberg plant near Cape Town that is currently the only existing commercial nuclear power in Africa.

“The granting of an environmental authorisation does not exempt an applicant from complying with any other applicable legal requirements or obtaining permits from other…

African Union: South Africa is a founding member of the African Union (AU), which
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