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Despite objections from Greenpeace, the ruling ANC considers nuclear power plants to satisfy rising energy demandsSouth Africa is considering the construction of three nuclear power stations on its coastline despite objections from environmentalists.The country currently has Africa's sole nuclear plant, Koeberg, near Cape Town, which began generating electricity in 1984. It is surrounded by a private game reserve and has been targeted by environmental protesters.The three new nuclear stations - provisionally known as Nuclear 1, 2 and 3 - would each be able to deliver twice as much electricity as Koeberg, South Africa's Die Burger newspaper reported today.The report said details had emerged from an environmental impact study by the engineering consultancy Arcus Gibb, carried out on behalf of the government.The study suggested two new stations in Western Cape and one in Eastern Cape. A site next to the existing Koeberg power plant could be ready by January 2011, with construction of Nucl

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