and temperature (155 bar and 300ºC). The process required numerous tests of the safety systems, with more tests still to be performed before and after the start-up of the nuclear reaction. The completion of the commissioning tests will end a long but safe steam generator replacement journey and signal the return of Unit 1 to commercial operation.”
Energy activist and a member of the Koeberg Alert Alliance, Peter Becker, said now was the time that Eskom should keep Unit 2 online, apart from refuelling, until there is the new capacity to replace it.
“It has become very hard to take the time estimates coming from Koeberg seriously. Initially the work in preparation for a 20-year life extension work was to take five months per unit. Currently we are on 18…
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