S African, French agencies to cooperate on nuclear development

2nd December 2015

By: Megan van Wyngaardt

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa has signed a cooperation agreement with the French Nuclear Society to foster the advancement of science and technology in the area of nuclear energy, as well as knowledge-sharing between experts from both countries.

The parties stated that the world had to use all low-carbon energy sources, including nuclear energy, if it was to limit climate change, while still meeting development goals, noting that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believed that 80% of electricity needed to be low-carbon at a global level by 2050 to achieve the 2 °C goal.

“Thanks to the long cooperation between France and South Africa, nuclear energy is a low-carbon and efficient industrial solution, that is already available in South Africa. The Koeberg nuclear power plant, operated by Eskom, generates 5% of South Africa’s electricity.

“Since the start of operation in 1984, Koeberg’s reactors avoided the emission of 330-million tons of carbon dioxide, corresponding to about 1.5 years of the total coal consumption in South Africa,” the parties said in a statement.

They further noted that nuclear investment was a growth engine for the regions and countries in which they were constructed. “It directly creates highly skilled employment, far beyond reactor operation and maintenance,” it added.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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