Entries Tagged as 'PBMR - Pebble Bed'
Source: http://www.thetimes.co.za/
A new foreign report casts a further shadow over SA’s troubled nuclear project, but a local research company says there’s no need for alarm. Bobby Jordan reports.
The research centre that invented pebble bed nuclear reactors has rung alarm bells over the safety of the technology — which features prominently in SA’s R350-billion nuclear energy programme.
The safety concerns are contained in a report released this week by the world-renowned state-owned German Jülich Nuclear Research Centre.
Ironically, a team of Jülich researchers is helping SA develop a commercial-size pebble bed reactor based on the prototype that Jülich operated for…
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Tags: PBMR - Pebble Bed · Nuclear Energy
Published: 22 Aug 08 - 17:16
Source: http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=141477
Joint-venture company Murray & Roberts SNC-Lavalin Nuclear (MRSLN) has been awarded the contract for the provision of engineering, procurement, project and construction management (EPCM) services for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) demonstration plant project at Koeberg, near Cape Town.
The contract for the provision of the EPCM services was signed on Friday, in Pretoria.
The PBMR project entailed the building of both the demonstration reactor project at Koeberg, and a pebble fuel plant at Pelindaba near Pretoria. The current schedule was to start construction in 2010 and for the demonstration plant to…
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20 August 2008
Source: http://www.bday.co.za/
Siseko Njobeni
Johannesburg
THE review of the environmental impact report and public meetings for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) have been delayed, according to the project’s environmental impact assessment consultant.
PBMR, a high temperature reactor with a closed-cycle gas turbine power conversion system, is central to the government’s stated desire to diversify electricity generation mix. The PBMR is also central to Eskom’s plan to double capacity by 2026.
It was not immediately clear yesterday if the delay would affect the deadlines for the project which has already fallen behind schedule. Construction work for the project…
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Greenpeace Supports Historic Launch
If the nuclear industry thinks they’re on the edge of a nuclear renaissance, they’ll have to think again − at least in South Africa.
This past weekend in Bloemfontein saw the successful launch of the Coalition Against Nuclear Energy (CANE), with representatives from all corners of the country, including: Namaqualand communities affected by nuclear waste at Vaalputs; neighbours of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station; landowners around Pelindaba (site of the proposed pebble-bed fuel factory, nuclear enrichment plant, and nuclear waste smelter), and residents opposed to the proposed sites for a new nuclear power station at Bantamsklip and Thyspunt,…
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Tags: Press Releases · Eskom · NECSA - Nuclear Corporation of SA · PBMR - Pebble Bed · Nuclear Waste · Nuclear Energy
Russia Seeks Investment in South Africa Nuclear Power
23/2/2007
PRETORIA - Russia is seeking investment in new nuclear power stations and
joint uranium mining ventures in South Africa, Russia’s natural resources
minister said on Thursday.
Yuri Trutnev would not specify how much money Russia was willing to spend in
South Africa, which wants to ensure stable energy supplies for its booming
economy and ease concerns over power shortages.
“Exactly as much as would be needed if we hopefully win a tender,” he…
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Tags: NECSA - Nuclear Corporation of SA · PBMR - Pebble Bed · Nuclear Waste · Uranium · Nuclear Energy
