Necsa in the News

Web Link 20th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor South Africa is lifting its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) out of care and maintenance, Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosienstsho Ramokgopa confirmed, almost in passing, on Tuesday. He was delivering the keynote address at the Enlit…

Web Link Experts from South Africa, Nigeria and Botswana explore the impact of technology on the energy sector on the continent Yunus Kemp 02 June 2025 Image: Panelists delve into the topic at Enlit Africa 2025 held in Cape Town recently. Source: The VUKA Group Technology-driven resilience, decentralised generation and advanced…

By Antoinette Slabbert · 10 Apr 2025   04:01  If South Africa ‘reestablishes’ itself on the nuclear front ‘the superpowers will hate each other, but they will love us’ says Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Image: Bloomberg The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) is looking to China for cooperation as it works…

Nuclear technologies and generation will be a topic of discussion at Enlit Africa 2025 ESI Africa 15 April 2025 Image: Pelindaba nuclear research centre is home to the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation. Source: Necsa. Loyiso Tyabashe, Group CEO of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), thinks realism is…

Web Link 25th April 2025 By: Darren Parker Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor Online The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to collaborate on research and technology development initiatives at Necsa. The agreement, which…

Web Link Nuclear technologies and advancements are back on the agenda ESI Africa 02 June 2025 Image: The Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant in the Western Cape, South Africa. Source: Eskom ESI Africa spoke to Sengiphile Simelane, Group Executive: Power and Energy at the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) about…

Web Link Issue 528 – 09 Jun 2025 – By Marisa Lourenço | 1 minute read The potential addition of 200MW of small modular reactors (SMR) to Pretoria’s existing 2.5GW nuclear plans could speed up procurement, but the potential involvement of Russia is likely to raise eyebrows.

Web Link Thursday 12 June 2025 – 11:00am WASHINGTON – The World Bank is re-entering the nuclear energy space “for the first time in decades,” its President Ajay Banga said, as it works towards meeting growing electricity demand in developing countries. Banga said in an email to staff that the…

Web Link 13th June 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,…