South Africa Accepts Nuclear Plant Ruling, Plans to Start Over
- Energy minister says new accords planned with five nations
- Kubayi says nuclear remains ‘core component’ of energy mix
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The South African government decided Saturday not to appeal a court ruling that its nuclear-energy construction program was unconstitutional, possibly delaying plans to expand the continent’s only atomic power fleet.
South Africa had signed accords with the U.S., China, South Korea, France and Russia to possibly use suppliers in those countries to build nuclear plants to generate as much as 9,600 megawatts of electricity, about a fifth of current generation capacity.