South Africa's Minister upheld a 2017 decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to construct and operate a new nuclear power station at Duynefontein in the Western Cape. The site near Koeberg is capable of hosting about 4.6 GW of capacity. This is a milestone for South Africa's planned nuclear new build programme. Operational date source: Dept of Energy deputy director-general expects first unit operational 2032/33.