ID calls for probe into government’s nuclear project

[bananas]

Source: Eywitness News (South Africa)

The Independent Democrats on Friday called for a forensic audit to get to the bottom of what it called the squandering of taxpayers’ money on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor.

Public enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan on Thursday told MPs cabinet approved the winding down of the PBMR as government could not afford further investments.
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Greyling said he has been vindicated through the decision.

“I was ridiculed for my stance from that side of the house but today it is clear that this was a momentous waste of government’s resources. That money could have been far better used to position South Africa as a leader in solar energy,” he said.
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Read more: http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=48774

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Greyling is right - this boondoggle set South Africa back by years.

[kristopher]

1. Nuclear power - brought to you by the same industries that brought you coal