Africa deserves better than a nuclear push – The Mail & Guardian

Africa deserves better than a nuclear push – The Mail & Guardian

Amid South Africa’s presidency of the G20, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) prepared a report making a case for Nuclear Energy in Africa for the G20 Energy Transitions Working Group. However, it failed to address the significant costs, safety, public participation and transparency challenges of Africa’s only nuclear plant, the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, in Cape Town, which will hold public hearings on the 20-year extension of un…