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eventREF E-0012540Revised

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Koeberg becomes operational

Date
14 Mar 1984
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Koeberg becomes operational

The nuclear power station at Koeberg, the only commercial nuclear power station in Africa, became operational on this date. On 21 August 1984, the French contractor turned Koeberg-1 over to South Africa's Electricity Supply Commission (Eskom) and the plant was issued its commercial operating license. Koeberg is situated at Duynefontein, 27km north of Cape Town on the Atlantic coast. The power station provides electricity to the Western Cape and supplies 6,5% of South Africa's total electricity needs. It has operated safely for more than seventeen years and is expected to operate for another twenty to thirty years.

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  1. 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Koeberg becomes operational. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012540

South African History Online (2011) 'Koeberg becomes operational', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012540 (Accessed: 4 August 2026).

South African History Online, Koeberg becomes operational [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012540, (accessed 4 August 2026).

"Koeberg becomes operational." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012540. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Koeberg becomes operational." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012540.

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