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.