South Africa: A new nuclear build for SA is an impractical, economically unviable pipe dreamA new nuclear build for South Africa is an impractical, economically unviable pipe dream

At the outset, it must be stated clearly that this writer is not opposed to nuclear power on emotional or ideological grounds, nor does this writer believe that nuclear power is undesirable in general, or as a rule.

Indeed, in some countries nuclear power may make good sense, based on the country’s own levels of economic, technological, industrial and social development, and its primary energy resources, energy mix, nuclear and construction expertise, and local cost structures.

For…