South Africa’s Nuclear Energy See-Saw

Words to live by: Not only would a nuclear expansion create mining and construction jobs, it would also open opportunities in the scien...

Pilgrim, Blobs of Black Oil, Fusion Part 20

We always have time for some good news: A three-judge panel at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) denied a filing by Massachusett...

“Nuclear plants are too inflexible… ?”

A certain cognitive dissonance : Building new nuclear power stations will make it harder for the UK to switch to renewable energy, said...

Spinning a Report, Ramping Up in South Africa

An early release of a draft of an NRC report contains good news that clearly isn’t what some folks, however perversely, might have hoped: ...

An Educated Consumer

Let’s call it Partnership Friday : Japan has submitted a bid to construct a nuclear energy power plant in Turkey through the mediation...

Why a Huge New Coal Plant in South Africa?

There are certain press releases one doesn’t expect to see these days. This one from South Africa’s leading electric utility Eskom would b...

Toshiba Expects 33 Reactor Orders by 2015

From the World Nuclear News : Japan's Toshiba Corporation expects orders for at least 33 nuclear power reactors by 2015, and plans to ex...

Eskom Seeks Bids for New South African Reactors

Eskom has invited AREVA and Westinghouse to submit bids .

On the Incident at Pelindaba

By now I'm sure many of you have read the disturbing news coming out of South Africa concerning the incident at Pelindaba . For a solid...

Fighting Anti-Nuclear FUD in South Africa

Over the course of the past several weeks, I've noticed a lot of anti-nuclear activity coming out of South Africa. Now, by way of the b...

Union Chief: We'll Only Support Politicians Who Support Nuclear Energy

On September 25 at the inaugural United Association Tripartite Conference in Mokena, Illinois, Bill Hite, General President of the United A...

Charting South Africa's Energy Future

Details from The Times (South Africa).

South Africa to Foster Development of Domestic Nuclear Energy Industry

Details from the Mail and Guardian . More here . UPDATE : More from The Sowetan .

PBMR Construction Start Delayed Until 2009

Details from Engineering News (South Africa).

South Africa Places its Bets on Nuclear Energy

Columnist Melanie Gosling has taken a look at South Africa's energy budget, and she doesn't like what she sees: Eskom has a budget o...

South Africa Identifies Five Possible Nuclear Plant Sites

Details from The Herald (Port Elizabeth, SA).

PBMR May Remain as Eskom Sub

Details from All Africa.com .

PBMR Suffers a Setback

Details from the Cape Times .

South Africa and Russia May Cooperate on Nuclear, Natural Gas Projects

From Engineering News : South Africa is considering helping Russian state oil firm Rosneft and gas giant Gazprom in making liquid fuel from ...

Russia Seeks to Invest in South African Nuclear Ventures

Or so said the Russian natural resources minister during a visit to Pretoria earlier this week . More details and discussion, here .