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The Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) is challenging the granting of a 20-year licence for Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear power station in the Western Cape. The organization made a formal legal appeal to the Minister of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. At the heart of SAFCEI's concerns is the assertion that vital safety repairs were not completed before the licence was granted, posing unnecessary risks to the people of Cape Town. To elaborate further on their legal challenge, SAFCEI's Executive Director, Francesca de Gasparis spoke to Elvis Presslin

To unpack this, Graeme Raubenheimer speaks to Matthew Cruz, Energy Analyst at Forest Energy, who offers expert insights into the impact of Koeberg’s Unit 2, the viability of these new projects, and whether South Africa is on track to stabilise its power supply.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Eskom says Koeberg Nuclear Power Station's Unit One reactor is being returned to service. The unit was shut down eight days ago after it failed a routine test. This while the Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute cited a lack of transparency at the power station. The shut down coincided with their appeal to the National Nuclear Regulator against the granting of  an extension of life for Unit One for an additional twenty years. Andile Mbanjwa reports...

Die Green Connection sê die verlenging van die Koeberg-kernkragstasie se leeftyd is ʼn roekelose dobbelspel met openbare veiligheid. Die kernaanleg se eenheid een is verlede Woensdag onverwags afgesit. Eskom het onlangs onderhoudwerk aan die eenheid gedoen waarna die Nasionale Kernreguleerder dit in Julie ʼn bedryfslisensie vir die volgende 20 jaar toegestaan het. Green Connection se woordvoerder, Liz McDaid, sê die besluit om Koeberg se leeftyd te verleng, is vol dodelike foute:

Die DA betoog teen 'n moontlike kragtariefverhoging van 36%. Daar is kommer oor die Koeberg-kernkragstasie se veiligheid nadat Eenheid 1 noodgedwonge afgeskakel moes word. Verbruikersprysinflasie sak terug tot sy laagste vlak in drie jaar.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Chris Yelland, energy analyst and MD at EE Business Intelligence, about the unexpected shutdown and planned maintenance that has taken both Koeberg power units offline.   In other interviews on this episode on The Money Show, we look at SA Consumers Getting a load shedding reprieve, but price pain persists according to NIQ Retail Spend Barometer's findings with Nikki Quinn, Retail Lead for sub-Saharan Africa at NIQ and GfK.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Chris Yelland, energy analyst and MD at EE Business Intelligence, about the unexpected shutdown and planned maintenance that has taken both Koeberg power units offline.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Maytham speaks to Dr Taylor, a research fellow in environmental ethics at Stellenbosch University, about how he discovered that Eskom did what he terms dangerous guess work when it came to the safety of Koeberg's Unit 2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thomas Conradie, algemene bestuurder vir opwekkingsingenieurswese by Eskom gesels oor 100 dae sonder beurtkrag en Koeberg se lewensverlenging. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

Lester Kiewit speaks to energy analyst Clyde Mallinson about the National Nuclear Regulator's decision to extend the licence of Koeberg nuclear power plant's unit 1, for a further 20 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nosipho Radebe speaks to energy expert Chris YellandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clarence Ford speaks to Peter Becker Former director of the National Nuclear Regulator and Koeberg Alert Alliance member.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The nuclear regulator for South Africa, NNR, has announced that one of the plant's two units may continue to operate for an additional 20 years at the Koeberg nuclear power station.Unit 1 of the plant, west of Cape Town was set to have its 40-year operating license expire this month, but state-owned power company Eskom requested a 20-year extension to continue operations in an attempt to alleviate the severe power outages. We are joined by Princess Mthombeni, creator of Africa4Nuclear, to discuss the implications of the regulator's decision for the nation's power system over the next 20 years and how it will move away from a coal-dominated energy mix.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Makoma Lekalakala | Director at Earthlife Africa  Energy and electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says work is at an advanced stage to procure 2,500 MW of nuclear energy. Speaking with the Sunday Times, Ramokgopa said that the nuclear plan aims to secure approval from the Treasury to build a 2,500MW power plant next month, with the team working on the deal finalising the procurement structure. Ramokgopa said that internal conversations related to what type of nuclear technology should be considered, with the late technology seen as very rapid to deploy, relatively cheap and more efficient. There are also considerations over who will operate the plant, but Ramokgopa said that Eskom will likely run the plan given its experience with Koeberg near Cape Town. The minister said the department will have more information on the proposal by the end of August. Ramokgopa initially revealed the intention to launch the procurement process in December 2023. The determination was first signed off by the now unbundled Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and concurred with by Nersa in 2021. However, after Ramokgopa received new powers following an exchange between the relevant ministries, another layer of approvals was required. South Africa has not experienced load shedding for the last 100 days, a feat last achieved in 2021. This is good news as building a new nuclear power plant will not go online in the near term. The process of building a new nuclear power station takes roughly eight to ten years to build. Koeberg is the only nuclear power station in South Africa and produces 1,860MW when fully operational.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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John chats to Dr Neil Overy, a Research Associate in Environmental Humanities South at the University of Cape Town about a research report by Tristen Taylor for the Heinrich Boll Foundation in Cape Town, which explores safety upgrades taking place at French nuclear power stations to extend their lives beyond their original decommissioning dates compared with what is happening at the Koeberg nuclear power station to extend its life, would suggest that they are.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die buurland se elektrisiteit-minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, het Eskom se plan aangekondig om 2 580 megawatt binne die volgende ses maande by die netwerk te voeg. Die minister sê dit sal vergemaklik word deur die terugkeer van eenhede by Koeberg, Medupi en Kusile. Ramokgopa het die privaat sektor erkenning gegee vir hul aggressiewe ontplooiing van sonkragstelsels, wat spanning op die netwerk verlig. Hy het ook komende nuts-skaal projekte uitgelig.

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Bid Window 8 of government's Renewable Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme will be the last bid window under IRP 2019, says Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. "We'll then have issued all the bid windows provided for under IRP 2019." Speaking at the Africa Energy Indaba 2024 in Cape Town on Tuesday, Mantashe noted that IRP 2019 is currently being updated into IRP 2023. Mantashe said government would issue requests for proposals for 5 616 MW of renewable energy under Bid Window 8, as well as for Bid Window 3 of battery storage, both by the end of the current financial year. He added that once this had happened, his Ministry would have had issued more renewable bid windows than "any other Ministry from 2011 to 2018". "We have no attitude against renewables. We support all energy technologies that give us energy." Mantashe also reiterated that government's goal to develop 2 500 MW of nuclear power was "not a dream". "There will be nuclear in our country in addition to Koeberg. There is already an agreement. Procurement capacity is being worked on and we are investing in that capacity." Mantashe emphasised that no party had yet been earmarked to develop government's nuclear ambitions and that the process would be open to all investors. He added that government wanted to develop its nuclear capabilities to include nuclear fuel. "We have rich deposits of uranium in South Africa, but…we are resisted by a partner called the US from developing it up to nuclear fuel stage. "They say develop it up to yellowcake, export it, and then import fuel. "In our view we should be allowed to develop fuel. We are not going to get into military applications, but we are going to use it for energy." Mantashe also noted that government's ambition of forming a national petroleum company will no longer be "an aspiration" by this time next year - "it will be action".

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Bid Window 8 of government's Renewable Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme will be the last bid window under IRP 2019, says Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. "We'll then have issued all the bid windows provided for under IRP 2019." Speaking at the Africa Energy Indaba 2024 in Cape Town on Tuesday, Mantashe noted that IRP 2019 is currently being updated into IRP 2023. Mantashe said government would issue requests for proposals for 5 616 MW of renewable energy under Bid Window 8, as well as for Bid Window 3 of battery storage, both by the end of the current financial year. He added that once this had happened, his Ministry would have had issued more renewable bid windows than "any other Ministry from 2011 to 2018". "We have no attitude against renewables. We support all energy technologies that give us energy." Mantashe also reiterated that government's goal to develop 2 500 MW of nuclear power was "not a dream". "There will be nuclear in our country in addition to Koeberg. There is already an agreement. Procurement capacity is being worked on and we are investing in that capacity." Mantashe emphasised that no party had yet been earmarked to develop government's nuclear ambitions and that the process would be open to all investors. He added that government wanted to develop its nuclear capabilities to include nuclear fuel. "We have rich deposits of uranium in South Africa, but…we are resisted by a partner called the US from developing it up to nuclear fuel stage. "They say develop it up to yellowcake, export it, and then import fuel. "In our view we should be allowed to develop fuel. We are not going to get into military applications, but we are going to use it for energy." Mantashe also noted that government's ambition of forming a national petroleum company will no longer be "an aspiration" by this time next year - "it will be action".

This audio is brought to you by Wearcheck, your condition monitoring specialist. Solutions to support decarbonisation, while ensuring operational competitiveness into the future, are continuing to be intensely investigated at South Africa's large Hillside Aluminium operation in KwaZulu-Natal, South32 CEO Graham Kerr assured Mining Weekly in an interview on Thursday, following the Johannesburg- Sydney- and London-listed company reporting underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of $708-million for the first half of its 2024 financial year to December 31. Hillside is the largest aluminium smelter in the southern hemisphere and produces quality primary aluminium for the domestic and export markets. Great news is that Hillside's strong ongoing operational performance in the half year significantly supported record aluminium production for the group as a whole, but with South32 planning to halve its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2035, Hillside represents a colossal challenge as it accounts for 59% of the company's total Scope 1 and 2 emissions. As has often been quipped, aluminium is half electricity and the electricity being used to produce aluminium at Hillside in Richards Bay is coal-fired, which is destined to have major marketing implications given the faster-than-expected advance of Europe's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) tariff barrier, which penalises the entry of aluminium that is not produced with clean electricity. Against that background, it is crucial that large-scale renewable and low-carbon energy sources are advanced at Hillside, which directly and indirectly supports more than 31 000 jobs and contributes an important R9.9-billion to South Africa's gross domestic product. Contrasting sharply with Hillside is South32's Mozal Aluminium smelter in Mozambique, which is already using renewable energy. In addition, South32 is at a very advanced stage of extending Mozal's hydroelectric power contract beyond the current expiration date of 2026. At Hillside, where the power agreement expires in 2031, the transition to a low-carbon energy source is seen to be technologically and commercially complex owing to the smelter's constant high energy demand. Crucially, work is under way with South Africa's State-owned power utility Eskom, government, and commercial partners to develop and implement an energy solution at the scale required for the large aluminium smelter. Hillside has the capacity to produce 720 000 t of aluminium a year which requires about 1 200 MW of electricity a year. The potential to enter into a pilot agreement to purchase energy attributes associated with electricity generated at the Koeberg nuclear power station is part of a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) that has been signed with Eskom. This MoU with Eskom centres on allowing Hillside to maintain aluminium supply from South Africa to Europe without CBAM turning that into a non-competitive proposition, South32 COO Noel Pillay explained to Mining Weekly. South Africa's pace of aluminium exportation needs to continue to benefit from the higher intensity of aluminium use in battery electric vehicles (BEVs), substitution of plastics in packaging and the increasing use of aluminium in renewables. Aluminium intensity in BEVs is said to be 40% higher than in internal combustion engine vehicles, from 111 kg/car in 2020 to 256 kg/car in 2050, owing to heavy BEV batteries requiring the light-weighting that aluminium provides. Hillside will be uncompetitive in the 1.5 °C scenario without an affordable source of low-carbon energy, while the carbon impact on Mozal Aluminium would be lower given its access to clean energy. Just energy transition considerations for Hillside require the switch to low-carbon energy to be planned in collaboration with a broad range of government and community stakeholders. Regarding the plan of the Mozambique government to end half a century of hydropower supply to Eskom, Kerr said, in ...

Kaapstad se burgemeester vra dat die president bendebedrywighede in die metro tydens sy staatsrede bespreek. Opgraderingswerk by Koeberg se eenheid 2 het begin, en sal na verwagting teen September afgehandel wees. Hittegolf-toestande heers oor verskeie dele van die land.

Des Muller, kernkragspesialis en besturende direkteur van NuEnergy Developments gesels oor Koeberg se kernafval, of dit normaal is om afval op die perseel te stoor, en hoe veilig dit is. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

Die sakeman en voormalige anti-apartheidsaktivis, Roger Jardine, stel 'n politieke alternatief vir die ANC bekend. Eenheid twee van die Koeberg-kernkragsentrale word vandag vir onderhoudswerk afgeskakel, en die Minister van Polisie Bheki Cele ontplooi 'n bykomende tienduisend polisiebeamptes op die vooraand van die vakansieseisoen.

Die DA het ‘n beroep op die regering, Eskom, en die Nasionale Kernreguleerder gedoen om dringende hulp van die Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap in te win oor die Koeberg-kernkragsentrale se lewensverlenging rakende die dreigende Julie 2024-sperdatum. Hulle doen ‘n beroep op die regering om deursigtigheid, gereelde veiligheidsoudits en deurlopende monitering voorop te stel om suksesvolle en veilige projekvoltooiing te verseker om potensiële beurtkragrisiko's te voorkom. Die DA-lid, Kevin Mileham, dring aan op parlementêre toesig en openbare bekendmaking van veiligheids-ouditverslae vir aanspreeklikheid in hierdie deurslaggewende energieprojek.

Peter Bester, programbestuurder vir kernkragsentrales by die Nasionale Kernreguleerder (NKR) gesels oor die Koeberg-kernkragstasie. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

Guest: Eskom's chief nuclear officer Keith Featherstone joins John with an update on the current status of the Koeberg operation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Faith communities welcome Eskom's release of crucial information about safety at Koeberg by Radio Islam

Guest: Senior Carbon Originator Gray Maguire joins Mike to discuss the idea of the refurbishment of Koeberg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Expert energy analyst Chris Yelland joins John to consider delays in getting the power plant's Unit 1 back online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Energy expert Ruse Moleshe joins John the Koeberg refurbishment being behind schedule and what this means for load shedding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, minister van elektrisiteit gesels oor wat by Koeberg aangaan en hulle plan van aksie. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

The Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed deep worry over delays in the refurbishment of Koeberg, South Africa's only nuclear power station. He says this project involves replacing all the steam generators in two of its units; each of which generates 920MW of electricity. Ramakgopa says these delays could lead to prolonged and increased stages of load shedding until 2024. Business Day TV unpacked this in greater detail with Founder of Africa4Nuclear, Princy Mthombeni.

Energy analyst Clyde Mallinson joins John to consider the Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa's briefing on the state of the electricity supply today where he expressed great concern that the Koeberg refurbishment is behind schedule.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Energy expert Matthew Cruz provides expert insights on the alarmingly delayed project, the significant loss of power generation, and Eskom's struggle against a perfect storm of increased demand and recurring technical issues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Des Muller, kernkragspesialis en besturende direkteur van NuEnergy Developments gesels oor Koeberg se kernafval, of dit normaal is om afval op die perseel te stoor, en hoe veilig dit is. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

Guest: Peter Fabricius is an independent journalist and analyst on foreign policy issues, and he joins John to discuss his Daily Maverick analysis of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspension of its licence to Westinghouse Electric Company to export fuel assembly components to its subsidiary in Sweden where they would be assembled into fuel rods and shipped to South Africa for use in Koeberg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Carol Paton joins John from News 24 to explain that, while the failure of a second Koeberg unit last week prompted fears of Stage 8 load shedding - Koeberg is not in fact as vital to the grid as in the past.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Minder Suid-Afrikaanse petroleum- en chemiese produkte is in Oktober vervaardig. Eenheid 1 van die Koeberg-kragstasie sal eers môre afgeskakel word. Dr. Willem Botha praat onder meer oor woorde soos "blerts" en "aartsvyand".

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, will bring together world leaders and climate activists in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to November 18. On Wednesday, ahead of COP27, the Southern African Faith Communities held a vigil in front of Parliament. The Environment Institute of SAFC organized the vigil. At COP27, nations band together to take concrete steps toward meeting the global climate targets outlined in the Paris Agreement and convention. Speaking to Radio Islam International, SAFCEI's Operations and Corporate Engagement Manager, Wayne du Plessis, stated that the goal of the vigil was to push for the closure of the outdated Koeberg nuclear power station and a just transition to renewable energy that will benefit all of Africa.

Guest: Despite assurances from Eskom and Ministers in the energy cluster that Koeberg's life extension project was on track, the DA has explained today that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) does not agree with the government's stance. Kevin Mileham MP is the DA Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and he joins John to explain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die voortslepende uitdagings by die Koeberg-kernkragaanleg en die onderhoud-probleme by sommige steenkool-kragstasies in die buurland, dui op 'n krisis in die kragaanleg-bestuursproses. Dit is die mening van Kevin Mileham van die DA. Eskom is in 'n desperate wedloop teen tyd om seker te maak 'n projek van vyf-miljard-rand om ses verouderde stoomopwekkers by Koeberg in Kaapstad te vervang, word nie verder vertraag nie. Mileham sê die hernuwing van Koeberg se lisensie om ná 2024 bedryf te word, is in gedrang:

As the country grapples with another week of loadshedding, Eskom's worst case scenario modelling for energy availability factors at its aging coal plants is coming to pass, highlighting the urgency with which the country needs to move on the long and winding road to total energy market reform. Late on Friday 26 August, the National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) asked for public comment on three section 34 determinations made by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, which the minister sent to NERSA for concurrence. The first one is for 14 791 MW of solar, wind and storage capacity to be procured. A second one is for 1 000 MW from biomass and landfill projects. The third one is for 3 000 MW of gas. This is a massive announcement. It more than doubles the total MWs in procurement, pushing the total over 33 000 MW of capacity that will be opened for bids, and in due course connected to the grid. Murmurings ahead of the mini budget are also that Treasury will assume a portion of Eskom's debt. All the while Eskom's EAF declines and serious concerns are being raised about whether the Koeberg 20 year life extension target date of 2024 will be achieved. To talk about this Michael Avery is joined by Grove Steyn, MD of Meridian Economics; Miriam Altman, Director at Altman Advisory & Professor, 4IR Practice at the University of Johannesburg & Mark Swilling, Professor at Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University

Guest: Kyle Cowan is an Investigative journalist at News24, and he joins us to discuss the most recent development in Eskom's desperate race against time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Daily Friend Show with Dr. John Endres, Nicholas Lorimer and Terence Corrigan. The team discusses the setback in the refurbishment of Koeberg nuclear power station, after one of the steam generators was dropped whilst undergoing upgrades. They also talk about a Business Day editorial which claims Ramaphosa has stopped EWC and lastly they discuss employment and foreigners. Check out our sponsor: Bitvice https://bit.ly/3SVPnhp Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify

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South Africa's Nuclear Sector Has Failed Its Test: The Koeberg Nuclear Plant Life Extension by Radio Islam

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