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Cape Town News Links of 22 August 2008
Fromtheold | August 22nd 2008 by esvl
AFP Mandela statue unveiled at prison where he walked free AFP - 9 hours ago The statue, outside the prison in Franschoek, east of Cape Town, honours the 90-year-old Mandela and his contribution to abolishing white-minorit read more
Koeberg Unit Two roars back to life
Cape Town news | August 14th 2008 by Richard Catto
It’s been slightly over the estimated three week period originally assessed as the time needed to repair Koeberg’s Unit Two which was shut down on July 21 2008. Reuter’s reports that the shut down was caused by a hydrogen leak in th read more
South Africa’s new Energy Policy abandons coal
Cape Town news | July 29th 2008 by Richard Catto
Marthinus van Schalkwyk, South Africa’s Minister of the Environment, announced a new energy policy yesterday that moves away from using predominantly dirty coal for the generation of electricity. The new policy, recently agreed by Cabinet, is d read more
Brilliant Koeberg / Parklands spoof article on Hayibo
Cape Town news | July 28th 2008 by Richard Catto
Spoof web site, Hayibo, published an amusing satirical article about a conjectured Koeberg meltdown earlier today. “Our men and woman are trained to go into nuclear meltdowns, not apocalyptic middle-class suburban shitholes”, city manager read more
The Drunken Sailor - Koeberg Unit One
Cape Town news | July 27th 2008 by Richard Catto
What shall we do with a drunken Koeberg? x 3 Early in the morning? Hooray and up she rises! x 3 Early in the morning! - The Drunken Sailor song Less than 12 hours after tripping out, Koeberg Unit One is back online, apparently averting a major power read more
And now Koeberg Unit One is offline too!
Cape Town news | July 26th 2008 by Richard Catto
Oops! Now we are really in for it. On Friday, July 25 2008 at 17h20, Koeberg’s Unit One tripped. Both of Koeberg’s power generating units are now offline which means the national grid just lost 1800MW of power. Starting Monday, Capetonian read more
Koeberg Unit Two shut down
Cape Town news | July 22nd 2008 by Richard Catto
Koeberg Unit Two experienced a problem with its cooling system on Sunday, according to a report carried by Engineering News. Engineers on site recommended that the unit be shut down for repairs now rather than risk it failing at a later stage. A cont read more
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