Nuclear still part of SA energy mix, says department of energy
7 March 2018
Cape Town – Nuclear power will still remain part of South Africa’s energy mix, Parliament has heard.
At a briefing by the Independent Power Producers (IPP) Office to the portfolio committee on energy on Tuesday, Director General of the energy department Thabane Zulu said that it should not come as a surprise that nuclear energy is part of SA's new Integrated Resources Plan, or IRP.
Zulu said that the courts last year raised issues with the implementation of SA's nuclear programme, not its viability within the country's energy mix.
“The matter is legally challenged at the moment. It is not about whether nuclear is part of the energy mix, but rather how to implement it,” he said. READ: Court sets aside nuclear deals with Russia, other countries