The Western Cape High Court set aside Western Cape provincial Department of Environmental Affair's decision to permit the construction of a pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, north of Cape Town. Judge Ben Griesel ruled that Environment Affairs director-general Chippy Olver was bound to permit the non-governmental organisation Earth Life Africa and other interested parties "an opportunity of addressing further written submissions to him".
eventREF E-0013637Revised
26 January 2005
Western Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg
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- 24 Jan 2020
Western Cape High Court, Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
How we know this
- 01KZN Law Society, (2005), Earth, Air and Water, from lawlibrary, 31 January, [online], Available at www.lawlibrary.co.za [Accessed: 07 January 2014]
- 02iol, (2005), Court suspends approval for nuclear plant - South Africa, from Independent News Online, 26 January, [online], Available at www.iol.co.za
Last updated · 24 Jan 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Western Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013637
South African History Online (2011) 'Western Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013637 (Accessed: 15 November 2026).
South African History Online, Western Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013637, (accessed 15 November 2026).
"Western Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013637. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Western Cape High Court suspends pebble bed modular reactor at Koeberg." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013637.
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