List of nuclear power plants in Africa

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Koeberg nuclear power plant

This is a list of nuclear power plants in Africa . In Africa there is (as of May 2018) a nuclear power plant (in South Africa ) with two reactors. Nuclear power plants are in various planning phases in Egypt , Algeria , Libya , Morocco , Namibia (see list of power plants in Namibia ) , Nigeria , Sudan and Tunisia .

Libya

The concrete construction of a nuclear power plant was planned in Libya .

Surname block
 Reactor type status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 Commissioning
acceptance
(planned)
 switching off
processing 		Feed-
in in TWh
Sirt 2 Pressurized water reactor Planning discontinued in 1984 880 0.76

South Africa

In South Africa (as of May 2018) there is the only nuclear power plant on the African continent.

Surname block
 Reactor type status Net
power
in MW
 Gross
power
in MW
 commissioning
acceptance 		Switching off
processing
(planned)
 Feed-
in in TWh
Koeberg 2 Pressurized water reactor in operation 1830 1910 1984 2024-2025 12
Thyspunt or Duynefontein 3 Pressurized water reactor planned 6800 6800 2037-2041

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements. World Nuclear Association. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries. World Nuclear Association, April 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Indicates the electrical energy fed into the grid in terawatt hours (TWh) since commissioning until December 31, 2015 or until shutdown ; one terawatt hour corresponds to one billion kilowatt hours. Source: IAEA PRIS
  4. ^ Nuclear Power in South Africa. World Nuclear Association, November 2017.