South Africa's 930MW Koeberg unit to shut for 3 months

09 Feb, 2015

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Eskom will shut a 930 megawatt unit at its Koeberg nuclear power station for three months to perform regular maintenance, the utility told 702 Talk Radio on Monday.

Cash-strapped Eskom has implemented rolling blackouts for six straight days due to tight electricity supplies caused by ailing infrastructure and technical faults.

Eskom said on its Twitter feed there was a 50 percent chance of more power cuts on Monday.

Copyright Reuters, 2015

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