South Africa's Eskom in deal to boost nuclear waste storage

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African power utility Eskom, struggling to meet demand in Africa's most developed economy, is to pay an estimated 200 million rand ($15.6 million) for the supply of nuclear waste storage casks to keep its Koeberg plant running beyond 2018. The seven new reinforced metal casks to be supplied by U.S. energy company Holtec International are the first step of a three-phase project to create more storage space at Koeberg, which is Africa's only n