South Africa's Nuclear Power Project Achieves Substantive Progress: 5,200 MW Nuclear Power Project Enters Full EIA Phase
Babalwa Lobishe, Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa, publicly stated on October 23 that she highly welcomes the approval of the final scoping report for Eskom's proposed 5,200 MW Thyspunt large-scale nuclear power project. The project site is located in Kouga Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, and the approval of the report by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) marks that this major clean baseload project has officially been approved to enter the comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) phase, taking a key step toward final statutory approval.
2026-10-24
