IAEA report on extending the life of the Koeberg nuclear plant lists issues to be addressed

As a result of a Promotion of Access to Information Act application by the Democratic Alliance (the official opposition in the South African Parliament but the ruling party in the Western Cape province), the full International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (SALTO) report on South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear power plant (NPP) has been made public. The IAEA SALTO mission visited Koeberg, which is located in the Western Cape, near Cape Town, from March 22 to March 31 this year. The visit and inspection were at the invitation of Eskom. On the conclusion of that mission, the IAEA had issued a press release, dated March 31, and reported on by Engineering News on April 1. In that press release, the IAEA reported, in high level and general terms, the strengths and weaknesses the SALTO team had found at Koeberg. With the release of the report, it is now possible to see what the specific issues were.