Parliament’s portfolio committee on energy is to hold public hearings on the government’s plan to build 9‚600MW of nuclear power reactors‚ setting itself on a collision course with the executive and the Department of Energy‚ which argue there has already been extensive consultation on nuclear energy‚ the newspaper reported.
The procurement process has been shrouded in secrecy and is already under way with the Department of Energy planning to select a strategic partner by the end of the financial year.
But there is suspicion among the public and ruling party that the rushed procurement and absence of public consultation is the result of politicians in a hurry to push through the deal before their terms of office end.
Hearings to open debate on nuclear
Parliament’s portfolio committee on energy is to hold public hearings on the government’s plan to build 9‚600MW of nuclear power reactors‚ setting itself on a collision course with the executive and the Department of Energy‚ which argue there has already been extensive consultation on nuclear energy‚ the newspaper reported.
The procurement process has been shrouded in secrecy and is already under way with the Department of Energy planning to select a strategic partner by the end of the financial year.
But there is suspicion among the public and ruling party that the rushed procurement and absence of public consultation is the result of politicians in a hurry to push through the deal before their terms of office end.
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