FILE - South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power station is seen on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The South African government has on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 announced plans to build new nuclear power stations to generate more electricity amid an energy crisis in the continent’s most advanced economy. The move to invite bids was immediately criticized by the main political opposition party. It claimed Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom was the South African government’s “preferred partner.”(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, file)
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