South Africa Seeking To Power Up Nuclear Program
By Semafor Africa Photos: Wikimedia Commons South Africa is hoping to lure back engineers working abroad as part of a recruitment drive to ramp up nuclear power capacity and ultimately supply about a tenth of the nation’s electricity, the country’s most ambitious energy project in decades. The plan aims to attract skilled migrants and South African expatriates, especially those working in the United Arab Emirates, which hired large numbers of local engineers during the build-out of its Barakah Nuclear Plant over the last decade. It forms part of a $120 billion-plus energy roadmap aimed at stabilizing South Africa’s electricity grid and transitioning away from the nation’s longstanding reliance on coal. The nuclear component, targeting 5,200 MW of new generation capacity by 2039, is the most contested pillar of a strategy that includes a major expansion in solar, wind, and gas to power infrastructure. Critics argue the expansion will be expensive and raise the risk of corruption. Read on for more on the country’s strategy for scaling up nuclear power. →
Black News 
By Semafor Africa
Photos: Wikimedia Commons
South Africa is hoping to lure back engineers working abroad as part of a recruitment drive to ramp up nuclear power capacity and ultimately supply about a tenth of the nation’s electricity, the country’s most ambitious energy project in decades.
The plan aims to attract skilled migrants and South African expatriates, especially those working in the United Arab Emirates, which hired large numbers of local engineers during the build-out of its Barakah Nuclear Plant over the last decade.
It forms part of a $120 billion-plus energy roadmap aimed at stabilizing South Africa’s electricity grid and transitioning away from the nation’s longstanding reliance on coal.
The nuclear component, targeting 5,200 MW of new generation capacity by 2039, is the most contested pillar of a strategy that includes a major expansion in solar, wind, and gas to power infrastructure.
Critics argue the expansion will be expensive and raise the risk of corruption.
