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South Africa to sign nuclear agreement with France
South African President Jacob Zuma has granted authority to Minister of Energy Tina Joemat- Pettersson to sign a cooperation agreement with France on the development of nuclear energy, the Presidency said on Friday.
The details of the agreement will be discussed between the energy department and their counterparts in France, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said, without elaborating.
This is the second major move by South Africa to seek outside help in developing nuclear energy. On Sept. 20, it signed a nuclear power cooperation deal with Russia, under which South Africa will get up to eight nuclear reactors with the capacity to build up to 9.6 GW of nuclear power plants by 2030.
The opposition had raised concern over the deal, saying such an agreement may undermine South Africa’s bilateral commitments on nuclear energy with other nations.
South Africa has signed over 60 agreements on energy cooperation, addressing different aspects of energy and usage of different energy sources, according to the energy department.
Currently, South Africa generates five percent of its electricity from the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant near Cape Town.
