Progress with the Nuclear New Build Programme
There have been a number of reports alleging that the Government and the Cabinet, in particular, have finalised a decision to implement the nuclear programme. The decision to proceed with developing the Nuclear New Build Programme was taken in principle by Cabinet in June 2015, namely that South Africa should proceed with developing a programme for the procurement of the 9.6GW of nuclear power plants to realise its self-sufficiency policy objective with due consideration to the financial implications;
However this was subject to more work being done on:
· the proposed funding model;
· the risks and mitigation strategies; and
· the contributions by countries as contained in the Inter-Governmental Agreements.