Johannesburg, December 05 , SPA --In a blow for the nuclear energy industry,South Africa's power utility Eskom said Friday it had decided againstbuilding a second nuclear power plant, citing the "magnitude of theinvestment", Dpa reported. A consortium led by French nuclear giant Areva and US firmWestinghouse had been vying to build the twin-reactor plant, whichwould have given Eskom another 3,000-3,500 megawatts of generatingcapacity, around a tenth of its current installed capacity. A subsidiary of Areva previously built South Africa's first andonly nuclear power station at Koeberg in Cape Town. "We note Eskom's decision. We're disappointed of course," SergeLafont, chairman of Areva South Africa told Deutsche Presse-Agenturdpa. "We wait to see what the country will want."--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/614035