Nuclear power station maintenance under way

In the recent system status and outlook briefing by State-owned power utility Eskom that took place on March 15, 2021, details of the refuelling and maintenance outage of the Koeberg nuclear power station were provided. The maintenance outage of Unit 1, which is currently in progress, started on January 3 this year. The outage started five weeks earlier than planned with the forced shut down caused by a steam generator tube leak.