{"id":23830,"date":"2025-07-23T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.necsa.co.za\/?p=23830"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:25:30","slug":"nuclear-technology-innovation-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.godirect.co.za\/powerlegal\/nuclear-technology-innovation-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear technology innovation in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"header-summary\">\n<p>Nuclear technologies and generation will be a topic of discussion at Enlit Africa 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columns is-mobile is-vcentered\">\n<div class=\"column is-narrow\">\n<div class=\"header-author-container\">\n<div class=\"author-details\">\n<div class=\"author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esi-africa.com\/author\/kim-admin\/\">ESI Africa<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-date\">15 April 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-featured-dark-block large-dark-block\">\n<div class=\"post-featured-image has-bottom-gradient \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-header-video post-header container \">\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<div class=\"ml-auto image-captions\">\n<p class=\"is-size-7 is-italic has-text-white mb-0\">Image: Pelindaba nuclear research centre is home to the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation. Source: Necsa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-195406\" class=\"post-content container\">\n<div class=\"center-video-container\">\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZVM-yR9h8g\" data-id=\"mZVM-yR9h8g\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-alt=\"Exploring nuclear technology in Africa\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZVM-yR9h8g?si=uIQj1PM2BIFPMafv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"center-video-container\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns\">\n<div class=\"column is-two-thirds-desktop is-two-thirds-tablet is-full-mobile\">\n<p><strong>Loyiso Tyabashe, Group CEO of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), thinks realism is creeping into the conversations the world is having around the need for reliable baseload energy for the sustainable development of countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen that the likes of the European Union have spoken about tripling nuclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve also seen that in Africa, several countries have started to accelerate their activities around their roles in deploying nuclear energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Africa is not excluded from that list in that our Integrated Resources Plan currently does have an allocation for nuclear energy as part of the energy mix,\u201d says Tyabashe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that the acceptance of nuclear technologies \u2013 that is the conversation we need to continue having with societies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He will be a speaker on the panel <em>Building Consensus: Regional Transmission Projects<\/em> at <a href=\"https:\/\/wearevuka.com\/energy\/enlit-africa\/\">Enlit Africa<\/a> 2025. Watch the video to find out what else the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esi-africa.com\/tag\/necsa\/\">Necsa<\/a> head thinks about nuclear technologies innovation in Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuclear technologies and generation will be a topic of discussion at Enlit Africa 2025 ESI Africa 15 April 2025 Image: Pelindaba nuclear research centre is home to the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation. Source: Necsa. 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