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  • Atomic Friend Kissed by an Elephant While In South Africa

    Dr. Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar is one of my favorite nuclear scientists. Her technical specialty is waste handling and recycling, but she is also a great teacher and communicator. When not working abroad, she participates in a very interesting partnership between Idaho State University and Idaho National...
    Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-07-2008

  • South Africa to reprocess spent nuclear fuel

    Eskom wants ship it overseas to make MOX fuel South Africa is seeking commercial contracts with foreign  countries to reprocess spent nuclear fuel.  Currently, the electric utility has about 1,000 tons of it.  The current inventory of spent nuclear fuel comes from a single reactor at Koeberg...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008

  • South Africa plans to reprocess spent nuclear fuel

    Current inventory is almost 1,200 tons, but a lot more is coming South Africa, which is planning a major new nuclear build to solve its economically draining power shortages, is also looking at what to do with the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle. This week a briefing by the Minerals & Energy Department...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-28-2008

  • South Africa goes green with nuclear energy

    Cabinet decision cuts reliance on coal-fired electric plants because of global warming Reuters reports that South Africa's cabinet has approved the country's nuclear energy policy. It will play a greater role in resolving a critical power shortage The cabinet approved the nuclear energy policy...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-13-2008

  • South Africa has a water distribution challenge

    There is a lot of hand wringing going on in the South African press these days. Not only has the country experienced stress on its electrical power supply grid severe enough to result in rolling blackouts and curtailed power to major industries like mining that supply massive quantities of jobs and contributions...
    Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-11-2008

  • France and South Africa sign nuclear skills agreements

    France's Areva and Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) have signed agreements that will see Areva's support for engineering and nuclear skills development extended and increased. The agreements were signed by Areva CEO Anne Lauvergeon and Necsa CEO Rob Adam during a ceremony in...
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-03-2008

  • South Africa's electric dreams

    Areva and Westinghouse bid new nukes for South Africa French nuclear giant Areva said it was ready to build up to 12 nuclear power plants in South Africa, where massive electricity shortages and brownouts shut down the key mining industry this month and slowed down the economy overall. South Africa's...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-09-2008

  • South Africa: AREVA Submits Ambitious Global Offer

    ● Two EPRs for the “ Nuclear 1 ” program ● AREVA as consortium leader alongside AVENG, Bouygues and EDF ● Preliminary studies into a long-term fleet PARIS--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Regulatory News: AREVA (Paris:CEI) submitted its bid in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) following the “ Invitation to Negotiate...
    Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 01-31-2008

  • South African power shortages

    In 2000, Eskom, the South African electric power utility had reserve capacity of about 30%. The government did not agree when the company said that they needed to start building new power plants soon, and imposed a number of policies that limited the company's ability to expand its production. Here...
    Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-25-2008

  • Power crisis hits South Africa

    Top executives from Eskom were called to explain the causes of blackouts to South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki. Supply problems spilled over to Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe as demand outpaced supply.
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-21-2008
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