The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Necsa has issued an invitation to manufacturers of small modular reactors SMRs worldwide to partner with it in developing such reactors locally.
Necsa ultimately hopes to establish an entire industry in South Africa that develops and supplies these types of reactors for the rest of the continent. The organisation also aims to again be involved in the supply of nuclear fuel and to manufacture components for the reactors, as it did previously.
Nuclear power is generally regarded as a clean technology for electricity generation, and because nuclear power plants are very stable in their output, is considered an ideal technology to replace coal-fired power stations.
