S/Africa abandons deal to build nuclear plants
— 27th August 2018
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The South African government on Monday released a draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that abandons a previous deal to build costly nuclear plants by 2030.
The draft plan confirms that the deal to build nuclear plants has now been shelved in favour of cheaper, cleaner sources of energy like wind, solar, gas and hydro-power.
The government under former president Jacob Zuma had been working on a deal, allegedly with Russia, to build nuclear reactors at a cost of one trillion rand (about 70 billion U.S. dollars).
That deal would provide for 9,600 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power as part of the energy landscape by 2030.
The opposition and environmental groups strongly oppose the deal which they say is unaffordable and would entail corruption.
The IRP, released by Energy Minister Jeff Radebe, includes…
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