SA’s electricity crisis | Shutdown of Koeberg unit shelved

JOHANNESBURG - Eskom is holding off on planned maintenance of unit one of the Koeberg nuclear power station amid Stage 6 power cuts.

This will help Eskom to stabilise its power grid.

That long-planned refurbishment is now due to start on Saturday. 

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"While Eskom is ready to commence with the outage -- with the contractors and all the requisite resources on standby -- grid stability is an important consideration prior to shutting down the Unit 1 reactor to commence the maintenance and refuelling outage," said Sadika Touffie, Acting Chief Nuclear Officer.

The utility said the outage would be for a duration of approximately six months.

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Koeberg Unit 1 outage delayed to allow stability of the power system pic.twitter.com/4x0EFrthAX

— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) December 8, 2022