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Koeberg was one of the first nuclear power stations designed to be resistant to earthquakes. The reactors at the Koeberg nuclear power station are built on an aseismic raft designed – on the basis of a mid-1970s hazard study - to withstand a magnitude 7 earthquake at a focal distance of about 10 km, 0.3g zero period ground acceleration (ZPGA).
The Koeberg Alert alliance is an anti-nuclear activist organisation which emerged from an earlier pressure group in Cape Town called "Stop Koeberg" in 1983. Both were intended to halt construction of the first nuclear power station in South Africa at Duynefontein, 28 km NNW of Cape Town: the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.
Silkwood is mentioned in the song, "We Almost Lost Detroit", on the 1977 music album, Bridges, by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson. With clear echoes of the Silkwood story, the 1979 movie The China Syndrome depicts a fictional Southern California nuclear power plant that has to be shut down following a near disaster caused by a defective water pump.
Koeberg Nuclear Power Station South Africa is the only country in Africa with a commercial nuclear power plant. Two reactors located at the Koeberg nuclear power station account for around 5% of South Africa's electricity production. Spent fuel is disposed of at Vaalputs Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in the Northern Cape. The SAFARI-1 tank in pool research reactor is located at the ...
The following page lists operating nuclear power stations. ... Koeberg: 2: 1,830 South Africa ... This table lists stations that are permanently shut down. Listed on ...
Van Drew said the company is “concerned about their nuclear facility” after a pair of drones was spotted this week hovering over the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and the adjacent Hope Creek ...
The Koeberg nuclear power station is the only nuclear power station in South Africa and contains two uranium pressurized water reactors based on a design by Framatome of France. The station is located 30 km north of Cape Town. The plant is owned and operated by the country's national electricity supplier, Eskom.
Delaware's only coal-fired power plant, set to shut down last month, will remain open through 2026 for power grid upgrades. Delaware's only coal-fired power plant, set to shut down last month ...