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Electricity minister says government is planning to extend the life of Koeberg [SOUND]

# Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says government is moving with speed in policy issues and giving certainty to what will constitute South Africa’s energy mix, transmission intervention, and additional generation capacity. He gave an update on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan yesterday. The minister said he was encouraged by the successful synchronisation of unit one at Koeberg nuclear power station in Cape Town. Ramokgopa says once unit one is considered stable, unit two will be taken offline to have its steam generators replaced:

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