Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant (Cape Town)

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Koeberg nuclear power station gets its name from the small mountain Koeberg (pronounced: Kooburg) and is located 30 km north of Cape Town, on the West coast of South Africa, next to the Atlantic Ocean and close to the suburb of Melkbosstrand. (translation: Milk Bush Beach or rather Milkwood Beach.
Koeberg nuclear power station contains two uranium pressurized water reactors based on a design by Framatome of France. It is operated by the national power utility, Eskom.

Koeberg houses South Africa's only commercial nuclear reactors. The only other two reactors were built for nuclear research purposes at Pelindaba near Pretoria. Koeberg supplies power to national grid so that over-capacity can be redistributed to the rest of the country on an as-needed basis. Koeberg is rated at 1800 MW, its average annual production is about 13,700 GWh and it has the largest turbine generators (2 x 900 MW) in the Southern Hemisphere.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koeberg_nuclear_power_station
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Coordinates:   33°40'35"S   18°26'0"E

Comments

  • Spent 12 years there as a Health Physics Technician - Great place to work
  • how is your experience thre please share with me ksnajay@rediffmail.com
  • The annual production cited here has to be wrong. 11,480 MWh would mean that the plant only runs about six and half hours per year (or at an abysmal capacity factor). The annual production should be at least 14,000,000 MWh.
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