State must first demonstrate its ability to cope with the existing radioactive waste by building a depository
01 March 2021 - 17:16
Eskom's Koeberg Nuclear Power Station near Cape Town. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES
Bernard Benson falsely claims that “nuclear energy is clean and efficient ... small modular reactors are safe and clean” (“Energy lessons to be learnt,” February 28.)
All of the CSIR modelling has concluded that nuclear power is never the most cost-effective option for SA. And, far from being “clean”, Koeberg now stores a total of 1,000 tonnes of high-level radioactive waste within Cape Town's municipal boundaries, due to Eskom and the government's failure for 40 years to build a high-level radioactive waste depositary.