Blouberg, Blaauwberg, Cape Town – South Africa

An oil slick from a vessel that sank ten years ago near Koeberg Nuclear Power Station is not a threat, the City of Cape Town said.

“From the aerial assessment conducted it has been noted that the oil slick is disintegrating and therefore poses no environmental threat,” Wilfred Solomons-Johannes, spokesman for the Disaster Risk Management Centre said.

“Yesterday [Friday] the oil slick reflected a spectrum of colours, and today it appears to be a sheen reflection.

“The disaster response teams remains on standby and on high-alert.”

The oil slick is positioned four nautical miles north-north-west from the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.

It is moving at five knots per hour in a south-westerly direction away from the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.

The dimension is 400 metres in length and 10 metres in width, he said.

“Koeberg Nuclear Power Station has been advised to keep the booms lowered in the event the tide changes which could have a counter current affect where the oil slick can enter the in-take basin of the plant.”

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