The Nuclear Frontier: An Environmentally Resilient Approach to Nuclear Energy Law Reform in South Africa
Abstract
The rapid economic and social growth in South Africa has placed an immense encumbrance on the production of electricity over the past decade.[1] South Africa remains an energy intensive country on the African continent[2] with a significant electricity gap that would need to be generated by the year 2020.[3] The current electricity demand accelerates the overall growth in energy supply facilitated by the South African Department of Energy and today the country experiences continuous load shedding, resulting in a need for different energy sources to power urban development.[4]
[1] W du Plessis ‘Energy efficiency and the law: A Multidisciplinary Approach’ (2015) 11 SAJS 8.
[2] Department of Energy of the Republic of South Africa ‘What you need to know about Coal Electricity News’ available at http://www.energy.gov.za/information/documents/news/ec0015/pdf, accessed on 20 March 2015.
[3] Ibid.
[4] du Plessis op cit note 1 at 14.