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South Africa and China sign nuclear energy cooperation pact

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November 17, 2015
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Nuclear energy regulators in South Africa and China have signed a technical cooperation agreement as Africa’s most industrialised economy presses forward with controversial plans to build eight new nuclear reactors.

The deal, which includes “licensing procedures, vendor inspections, inspector training and joint inspections and technical support”, was signed last week in Beijing, South Africa’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) announced on Monday.

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“Bilateral cooperation arrangements such as these serve as a valuable mechanism for ensuring that the NNR’s regulatory practices are … benchmarked against the best current standards and practices as applied internationally within the nuclear industry,” NNR’s chief executive officer Bismark Tyobeka said in a statement.

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The new reactors are expected to add 9,600 megawatts — or nearly a third of the country’s generating capacity of 30,000 MW — with the first unit to be ready in 2023.

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