Necsa in the News

Link to News Lindsay Dentlinger It’s welcomed the environmental approval for a 4,000 megawatt station following an appeal against the original decision in 2017. Koeberg power station, near Cape Town. Picture: Eskom CAPE TOWN – The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) said that a new nuclear power station in…

Link to News By: Schalk Burger Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor The State-owned South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) Group welcomes the upholding of the decision to grant State-owned Eskom environmental authorisation to build a 4 000 MW nuclear power station in Duynefontein, in the Western Cape. The 2017 decision…

Link to News Lindsay Dentlinger Eight years since appeals were lodged, Environment Minister Dion George on Friday gave the go-ahead for Eskom to proceed with the next phases of the project near its existing Koeberg station. FILE: Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré brief…

Link to News Wendell Roelf South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George deliveres a statement during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024 REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo CAPE TOWN, Aug 8 (Reuters) – South Africa’s environment minister on Friday upheld a previous decision granting…

Web Link By Daniel Puchert South Africa plans to spend R60 billion on its nuclear build programme, most of which will not come from the fiscus, the Sunday Times reports. The country’s electricity and energy minister, Kgosientsho Ramogkopa, said South Africa is busy looking for nuclear experts from around the…

Web Link Podcast: Necsa plays a key role in shaping South Africa’s energy landscape Nicolette Pombo-van Zyl 05 May 2025 Image: South Africa’s flagship nuclear research reactor, SAFARI-1, is a 20MW light water-moderated reactor commissioned on 18 March 1965. Source: necsa In this interview, Loyiso Tyabashe, Group CEO of the…

Web link By Karabo Mohamme (People’s Daily Online) 15:09, May 12, 2025 South Africa’s Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, led a high-level delegation on a strategic working visit to China on April 6, 2025 with an aim of strengthening the country’s energy capacity and accelerating its transition…

Web Link Loyiso Tyabashe, NECSA Group CEO, thinks we should be having more conversations about nuclear technologies ESI Africa 14 May 2025 Image: Pelindaba Nuclear Research Centre. Source: Necsa. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) wants to get back into the business of nuclear fuel manufacturing and Necsa CEO…

Web Link https://www.africanews.com/embed/2798580 Africa CEO Forum 2025: Navigating Energy, AI, and Infrastructure for Africa’s Future Held on May 12–13, 2025, in Abidjan, the 12th edition of the Africa CEO Forum brought together over 2,800 leaders, including six African heads of state, to deliberate on the continent’s development trajectory. Key discussions…

Web Link 23rd May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) supports the country adopting small modular reactors (SMRs) and believes that it can play a key role in this process. So affirms Necsa group executive: power and industry Sengiphile Simelane,…