South African nuclear regulator receives site applications from Eskom

South Africa's nuclear regulator said it has received two nuclear installation site license applications from power utility Eskom to build new reactors along the east coast and the west coast. Africa's most industrialised economy, which operates the continent's only nuclear power station, wants to install an additional 9,600 megawatts of nuclear power by 2030 to overcome chronic electricity shortages that have dented economic growth. Eskom operates the Koeberg nuclear plant on the west coast nea