South Africa’s State-owned power utility Eskom has an appeal at the Constitutional Court to challenge a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling stopping the $315-million nuclear refit contract at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant, which had initially been awarded to French firm Areva. Areva completed construction of the plant in 1984.
The Court of Appeal ruling followed an appeal by U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Co.’s Belgian subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Belgium, challenging the award of the contract to Areva. The contract entails designing, manufacturing, and installing six steam generators in the 1,840MW-power plant’s two reactors, which are Westinghouse-licensed.
埃斯科姆说，当前由Areva提供的蒸汽发生器容易出现“颗粒应力腐蚀破裂”。
该公用事业公司的发言人库鲁·帕西韦（Khulu Phasiwe）在通过电子邮件回复中说：“埃斯科姆（Eskom）在宪法法院提出了上诉，我们正在等待法院对此事的裁决。”
Phasiwe also confirmed that Areva “has already built 50% of the steam generators required.” The generators are being manufactured in China under the supervision of Areva for delivery in 2017 ahead of installation in 2018.
西屋had told the Appeal Court Eskom had taken into account irrelevant considerations in awarding Areva the contract. The company said its bid was $8.8 million less than Areva’s and its supplier development and localization contribution, which was part of the tender criteria, was $8.9 million more than that of its French rival.
法院没有用Westinghouse取代Areva，而是C.H.法官。刘易斯裁定Eskom应该重新开始招标过程。法官说：“如果Eskom仍然认为它错误地考虑到它的标准，或者将其归因于双重权重为重要的标准，则应将这些标准包括在BID评估标准中。”
改装合同是Eskom的一部分计划，即在2030年根据南非的能源建设计划（可再生能源独立的电力生产商采购计划）产生9,600兆瓦的核能。
In December the South African cabinet approved the issuing of the Request for Proposal by the Department of Energy for the Nuclear New Build Programme but whose financing model will be determined by the response of the market to the RFP before it is approved and implemented.
Energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said in late December that South Africa is eager to build a lasting nuclear energy legacy with the nuclear plan adding that “if we get this wrong, the country will suffer a legacy of compromise.”
