Rosatom out of Russia is reportedly a contender for South Africa’s nuclear expansion project. The contract for the construction of a 9,600-MW facility is expected to go out by the end of 2017.
Besides Rosatom, major nuclear firms from South Korea, France, the US, and China are interested in bidding for it.
"We are aiming for this to be done before the end of the year, and we very imminently want to start," Kelvin Kemm, Necsa chairman, said in a Reuters report.
"Rosatom is definitely in there, but a decision has not been finally made. That will be a decision made by the senior politicians in collaboration with the technological and the company people," Kemm said.