Necsa dismisses R1 trillion cost claims for new nuclear build programme

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has refuted reports that the country’s nuclear new build programme will cost around R1 trillion‚ saying that by international comparison it is inconceivable that it could cost that much. Necsa was responding to views expressed in articles published in various media on Monday allegedly originating from a press statement by the Democratic Alliance (DA) regarding South Africa’s nuclear new build programme which it charged was full of “evident un...