The financial implications for nuclear are difficult to guess, but the implications for using nuclear are favourable to other technologies. She cited the example of the Koeberg nuclear power plant near the area from where she came. The community supported nuclear, because coal contaminated the air from morning till night. The community is not even aware that Koeberg is there. The next build of nuclear power plants will result in universal access to electricity, effectively with no carbon dioxide, no land contamination and much better than coal. Base-load is the need and is critical for an economy like SA that hoped to industrialise and become globally competitive. The energy mix had to be diverse.