News South Africa set to get a nuclear power plant funded by Russia

[eqariu]

South Africa is set to get a nuclear power plant, following the signing of a cooperation deal with Russia recently. Both sides noted that the nuclear power plant will have a production capacity of up to 9.6 GW based on Russian Technology, by 2030. Read more here: http://constructionreviewonline.com...o-get-a-nuclear-power-plant-funded-by-russia/

 

[ChrisVer]

? so?

 

[QuantumPion]

9.6 GWe? 6x1.6 GWe units? That's a big plant! According to wikipedia that is enough to supply about 1/3 of the entire country's electricity.

 

[lisab]

Good on South Africa! Nuclear power is the way to go.

The, erm, location does remind me a bit of Fukushima .

 

[Astronuc]

Looks like a deal for SA - 8 x 1.2 GWe reactors - for $10 billion. That's $10 billion to Russia. It'll cost a lot more to build ten units of that capacity. That's probably the equivalent of a licensing fee.

Most of the supply (materials and construction) will come from SA.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/N...n-nuclear-agreement-with-Russia-23092014.html