Saturday, 18 February 2023: Around 22:00 on Friday evening, 17 February 2023, the turbine on Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station tripped while replacing a failed electronic turbine protection module. The reactor responded to the turbine trip by reducing power and it remained critical, as designed, with no nuclear safety consequences.

This enabled the unit to be returned to service quickly and the unit was resynchronized to the grid just before 07:00 this morning. Over the course of the day the unit will increase power back up to full load.

The unit had been online for an uninterrupted 145 days when this occurred.

Stage 4 loadshedding will remain in force until further notice.

ENDS

Unit 2 of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station back in service

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Regretfully Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented from 12:00 on Wednesday until 05:00 on Friday; thereafter Stage 2 loadshedding will continue as previously communicated until 05:00 on Saturday

Loadshedding will be implemented at 16:00 until 22:00 tonight; thereafter loadshedding will be implemented daily at 05:00 – 22:00 until Saturday

Unit 4 of the Kusile Power Station has been handed over to the Generation division as it enters commercial operation

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Stage 2 loadshedding will regretfully be implemented from 17:00 – 22:00 tonight as generation capacity constraints increase

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