The plant is formed of two pressurised water reactors pwr which have a capacity of 970mw offering a combined capacity of 1 94gw.
Nuclear energy companies in south africa.
South africa maintains two pressurized water reactors pwrs koeberg commissioned in 1984 and 1985 respectively which produced 6 7 of south africa s electricity in 2019.
The south african nuclear energy corporation necsa was established as a public company by the republic of south africa nuclear energy act in 1999 and is wholly owned by the state.
Necsa was established as a public company by the republic of south africa nuclear energy act in 1999 and is wholly owned by the state.
South africa is anticipating building new large nuclear power plants in the future.
The name is correctly indicated above although the sequence of letters in the acronym may be taken as suggesting that the name should be the nuclear energy corporation of south africa.
South africa is the only country in africa with a commercial nuclear power plant.
It is the only nuclear power plant in africa and is the most southerly nuclear plant in the world.
The current nuclear energy act transitioned the aec to the south african nuclear energy corporation necsa.
Niasa is committed to promoting the highest standards in the development and application of nuclear technology in south africa.