Eskom Unprepared as Generator Leak Accelerates Nuclear Shutdown
- Outage will cut about 900 megawatts of power from grid
- Eskom has instituted intermittent power cuts since 2008
Koeberg nuclear power station
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is unprepared for maintenance work at Africa’s sole nuclear power plant after a steam generator leak brought forward a planned shutdown at one of the 1,800-megawatt facility’s two units.