Eskom in early talks with World Bank, other funders for nuclear expansion

South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom is in exploratory talks with the World Bank to help fund a new multi-billion dollar nuclear build programme that could be launched within 12 months, a senior Eskom official said on Wednesday. Eskom, which operates Africa’s only operational nuclear power station close to Cape Town, is in the process of preparing a request for information for up to 5 200 MW of new nuclear generation capacity.