How Many Nuclear Power Plants In South Africa

What is Nuclear Power Plant?

A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations,

heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces electricity. 

How Many Nuclear Power Plants In South Africa

These Acts are administered by the Department of Energy. South Africa has two nuclear reactors generating 6 percent of its electricity.

Its first commercial nuclear power reactor began operating in 1984.

What is the largest nuclear power Plant in South Africa?

Koeberg, the only nuclear power station in Africa, has a pressurized water reactor (PWR) design.

It boasts the largest turbine generators in the Southern Hemisphere and is the most southerly-situated nuclear power station in the world.