South Africa: Integrated Resource Plan - Nuclear Has to Be Part of a Robust Energy Mix in the Future

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It is clearly stated in the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019 that 24 gigawatts of decommissioned coal power will be replaced by clean energy technologies that include nuclear. If Eskom had been allowed to build new capacity when it predicted a crisis, South Africa would not have experienced devastating load shedding.

With regard to the Opinionista article by Liz McDaid in Business Maverick of 19 November 2020 titled "Connecting the dots: Red lights are flashing over what appears to be nuclear-by-stealth", it is necessary to restate some of the dots (facts) so the reader can connect for themselves and interpret the picture they see.

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