Izinkinga zaseKoeberg zizoba nomthelela omubi emandleni kagesi kuleli
INingizimu Afrika ingase ibhekane nezinkinga zokushoda kukagesi kulo nyaka. Inkampani ephehla ugesi u-Eskom umemezele ukuthi i-Yunit 2 yeSiteshi Samandla Senuzi saseKoeberg izovalwa ngoMsombuluko. Iyunithi izokhishwa kuinthanethi ukuze kucishwe ukugcwaliswa kukaphethiloli njalo nokulungisa, okuhlelelwe izinyanga ezinhlanu.
Lokhu kuzoba ukucima kukaphethiloli kwama-25 eYunithi yesi-2 selokhu yaqala ukusebenza futhi kuzophinde kushintshwe amajeneretha amathathu ale yunithi.
Ngalesi sikhathi kunqamuka, inhloko yomkhumbi weReactor, egcina uphethiloli wenuzi ngenkathi isiteshi sisebenza, nayo izoshintshwa. IYunithi 1 yaseKoeberg izokhishwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi onyakeni.
ISikhulu Esiphezulu senuzi kwaEskom uRiedewaan Bakardien uthi nakuba lokhu kuzovala isikhathi eside, kuyadingeka futhi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwenuzi.
“Amayunithi amabili aseKoeberg angaphezudlwana nje kwamaMegawathi angama-920 lilinye, ngakho-ke amayunithi amakhulu kunawo wonke ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. Ukusebenza kwabo okuphephile nokuthembekile kunomthelela omkhulu ekuhlangabezaneni nesidingo sikagesi sezwe u-Eskom. Ukungatholakali okwandisiwe kwamayunithi ngenxa yokucisha isikhathi eside okuhleliwe kusho ukuthi ukuphakelwa kukagesi kungase kube ngaphansi kwengcindezi ngenxa yobunzima obungeziwe kulo nyaka,” kuchaza uRiedewaan Bakardien.
U-Eskom uhlukaniswe izingxenye ezintathu
NgoZibandlela, u-Eskom wamemezela ukuthi usezuze ukuhlukaniswa okusebenzayo kwebhizinisi lakhe ezinkampanini ezintathu okuwukuthi ukukhiqiza, ukudluliswa nokusabalalisa, wathi uzogxila ekuguquleni ibhizinisi lokuthuthukisa libe wuhlelo oluzimele lokuhambisa kanye nomsebenzi wezimakethe.