Eskom's Koeberg shutdowns raise urgent concerns over nuclear safety, prompting calls for transparency from experts and the public.

March 2 (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom said on Sunday that a unit at its Koeberg nuclear power plant was shut down after experiencing an unplanned, non-technical trip while ...

1. The Koeberg nuclear power station in South Africa is the only nuclear power plant on the African continent. Its two units, with more than 1,800 MW of generation capacity in total, have operated ...

As the global drive toward cleaner and more efficient energy accelerates, Africa will increasingly consider nuclear energy as ...

A unit at South Africa’s sole nuclear power facility unexpectedly tripped ... the nation’s already-constrained grid. Unit 2 at the Koeberg facility in Cape Town “experienced an unplanned ...

Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape is the only nuclear power station in Africa and it consistently and efficiently provides a significant amount of generation capacity to South Africa’s ...

The loss of power from units at the Koeberg nuclear plant and Kusile coal station meant Eskom was 2,700 megawatts (MW) short of its generation capacity over the past 14 hours, the company said in ...

ESKOM hopes to reconnect Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station to the national grid within 48 hours following what the utility company described as an unplanned, non-technical trip while ...

The power plant is also the first in the country to ... In January 2025, Eskom connected the 930MW Unit 2 of the Koeberg nuclear power station to the national grid, advancing the plan.

South African power utility Eskom said on Sunday that a unit at its Koeberg nuclear power plant was shut down after experiencing an unplanned, non-technical trip while operating at full capacity.

A unit at South Africa’s sole nuclear power facility ... the utility whose mostly coal-fired plants are prone to breakdowns that trigger scheduled power cuts that hinder the economy.