The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa (Niasa) announced on Wednesday that it welcomed the recent (July 11) budget speech by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. In his speech the Minister reaffirmed that nuclear power had a place in the country’s energy mix.
“To say nuclear energy is too expensive is misleading,” said Mantashe, (a comment quoted by Niasa). “The approach to South Africa’s energy sector should be one of balancing all the different sources together.”
This, the association affirmed, was also the position that it held. It would not be wise to disregard any source of energy, given the country’s “unique developmental needs”. “Niasa applauds the inclusive approach being take by the Minister regarding the country’s energy mix.”