In addition to its stance on nuclear weapons, South Africa is the only African country that operates a nuclear power plant, the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, located about 30 kilometers (18.6 ...

Even a limited nuclear war in Europe would lead to catastrophic global climatic effects. Huge amounts of debris thrown high into the atmosphere would block sunlight, causing global temperatures to ...

South Africa’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has approved a visit by a British nuclear submarine to Simon’s Town Naval Base, near Cape Town, despite opposition from environmental groups.

South Africa’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy withdrew a determination to procure new nuclear energy capacity after a court challenged the decision. This is according to South Africa’s ...

Despite a controversial past, adoption of nuclear energy is back on the menu for the South African government and Russia’s state nuclear power company, Rosatom, says that it can be a ...

South Africa warned that any use of nuclear weapons would result in catastrophic humanitarian consequences that would have a global impact. Ghana likewise stressed that Africa is not immune to ...