Maintenance Accidents at South Africa Nuclear Plant Knock Out 900 Megawatts for Three Months

JOHANNESBURG--February 12, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Eskom (Sunninghill, South Africa), South Africa's power utility, reported that one of the 980-megawatt (MW) units at the Koeberg nuclear power station was shut down February 1, due to human error. At first, it was reported that the unit would be offline for a week for routine maintenance, but the down time was later revised to three months, putting more pressure on the already-stretched national grid and the subsequent load-shedding program.

Within this article: Update on operational status of the Koeberg nuclear power station by Eskom.