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South Africa – nuclear news items in brief

South Africa  Nuclear build programme under fire October 27 2015. Johannesburg – Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson faces another round of tough questions in Parliament today on the nuclear build programme.

http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/nuclear-build-programme-under-fire-1.1936163#.VjSvPCt2N-J

Meeting on nuclear plant strident

26 October 2015. A sizeable crowd filled the Gansbaai Tourism Hall on Thursday evening 15 October to query, question and oppose a proposed nuclear power plant. …

Throughout the meeting, members of the public and several civil groups apposing nuclear development in South Africa, including Bantamsklip, Tesselaarsdal Action Group, Thyspunt Alliance and

Koeberg Alert Alliance, voiced their outrage and concern about the development of nuclear power plants in South Africa. Bantamsklip presented the consultants with several big folders containing a petition opposing the proposed Bantamsklip nuclear power plant with over 10 000 signatures. …

http://www.necsa.co.za/Portals/1/Documents/Nuclear-Build-Programme/Meeting-on-nuclear-plant-strident.pdf?ver=2015-10-27-203531-220

Treasury allots R200m to nuclear plan

22 October 2015. THE Treasury has allocated R200m to the Department of Energy to “support preparatory work” on the procurement of nuclear energy, it was announced in the medium-term budget policy statement on Wednesday. The allocation will be used to “consider the costs, benefits and risks of building additional nuclear power stations”.

The ANC, at its national general council this month, called on the government to make a thorough and transparent cost-benefit analysis of the procurement of nuclear energy.

While the Department of Energy has stated that nuclear procurement is imminent and ready to begin, this is the first time budget funds have been put towards the project.

However, compared with the likely scale of the project should it go ahead in its proposed form, the R200m allocation is extremely small.

http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2015/10/22/treasury-allots-r200m-to-nuclear-plan

(See links to other recent items about South Africa’s controversial nuclear build programme here:http://www.necsa.co.za/About-US/Press-Room/Nuclear-Build-Programme)

November 2, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general