With Koeberg Nuclear Power Station's second reactor up and running in July 2006, the electricity supply will hopefully be continuous. This follows a period of from the second half of 2005 of the Western Cape being plagued by electricity outages. These resulted in large losses for the Western Cape's 20 000 active registered businesses. Accoding to a survey by the Cape Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the most serious effects of the outages were:
the loss of production time
higher labour costs as a result of businesses having to pay overtime to make up shifts
Damage to and failure of equipment
Two Open Cycle Gas Turbines |
They are currently under construction - one at Atlantis just north of Cape Town and another at Mossel Bay. |
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor |
A demonstration plant is planned to be built at the site of the present Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, once the environmental impact assessment is completed |
Second nuclear power station |
Investigating building it in the Western Cape. |