Government’s plan to breath life into Koeberg nuclear power station

South Africa – Pretoria – 18 October 2019 – The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe briefs the media following Cabinet approval of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019. The IRP is the national electricity infrastructure development plan based on least cost-electricity supply and demand balance, that takes into account security of supply and the environment.
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JOHANNESBURG – Minerals 
Resources and Energy Minister on Friday unveiled the government’s long-awaited Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), charging that the government was talking to coal producers to cap the price for the commodity and working to breath new life into the Koeberg nuclear power station.
Mantashe said both coal and nuclear energy remained the cornerstone of the government’s energy mix.
He said said nuclear was one of the key sources of energy that South Africa would tap into overtime.

Source: iol.co.za