South Africa: Environmental authorisation for nuclear plant at Duynefontein
Issue 356
- 27 Oct 2017
| 2 minute read
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on 12 October granted environmental authorisation to Eskom for construction and operation of a nuclear power plant of up to 4,000MW in Duynefontein, Northern Cape. The environmental authorisation process has been under way since 2007, resulting in five sites being considered: Brazil and Schulpfontein in the Northern Cape, Duynefontein and Bantamsklip in the Western Cape, and Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape.
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