[miningmx.com] – THE South African government is taking another step towards adopting nuclear power by approaching companies in the country who have an interest in contributing to the project build, said BDLive.
“There are a group of companies in the association which are working towards acquiring the international qualifications needed to work on nuclear build,” Rob Davies, trade and industry minister is quoted by BDLive to have said.
“You can rest assured that when and if a decision is taken about the procurement of nuclear power facilities, we as a department will be working to get a high level of localisation in the inputs involved,” said Davies who was addressing members of Parliament’s trade and industry committee.
Davies’ comments provide another example that the South African government has taken a firm decision to build nuclear power despite objections from business, said BDLive.
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