Earthlife Africa Jhb has a very strong and clear position regarding nuclear energy. We do not believe that South Africa should build any more nuclear plants (PMBRs or light-water reactors). Nuclear power is neither safe nor economically viable. Furthermore, it inflicts many, many future generations with the burden of radioactive waste.
Please contact the SECCP project of Earthlife Africa Jhb for details/queries regarding anti-nuclear campaigning.
Key Documents:
A short leaflet exploding some myths about nuclear energy: nuclear energy myths, ELA Jhb
Earthlife Africa’s EIA Submission on the PBMR Demostration Plant: ela-pmbr-eia-submission
Steve Thomas 2005 Report on the Economics of the PBMR: economics-of-pbmr
Steve Thomas 2009 Article highlighting problems with PBMR technology: http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/the-demise-of-the-pebble-bed-modular-reactor
A series of fact sheets researched and compiled by Muna Lakhani, Earthlife Africa Jhb, 2002: What you need to know about South Africa’s nuclear programme
Earthlife Africa Jhb 3rd of September 2010 On the First of September 2010, Cabinet held a “secret” session on the closure of the PMBR company. Earthlife Africa Jhb has learnt that all may not be as it seems, and that issues such as conflicts of interests, accounting for taxpayer money spent, and rehabilitation of PBMR staff are [...]
Eskom is doing an Environmental Impact Assessment for a new nuclear power station. Read Earthlife Africa Jhb’s response to this latest bout of insanity here. From the conclusion of our submission: Page 3-1 of the ESKOM NUCEAR 1 FEIA admits that the proposed nuclear power plant would not commence generating electricity until 2018. Energy conservation and [...]
On 23 April 2010 Earthlife Africa Cape Town, as part of the anti-nuclear campaign, convened an action outside Parliament, in commemoration of Chernobyl Day and to highlight proposed nuclear reactors in South Africa’s energy future. AIDC (Alternative Information Development Centre) and IZWA (Institute for Zero Waste) also came on board, to help make it the success it was. [...]
MEDIA RELEASE BY SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNED WITH ENERGY. Friday 23rd April 2010 Commemorating Chernobyl Day – Minister Gordhan In commemorating Chernobyl Day (26 April), the anniversary of the single largest nuclear disaster in history that will has, and will lead to, many people dying, Earthlife Africa Cape Town and a host of other organisations (list below) [...]
Uranium is a heavy metal that is radioactive and toxic. It is mined for the nuclear industry. On the Witwatersrand uranium is present in the gold-bearing rocks, and waste from gold mining is a source of very high levels of uranium in certain areas. In the Punjab in India, burning coal in power stations produces [...]
