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The Koeberg nuclear power station is the only nuclear power station in South Africa and contains two uranium pressurized water reactors based on a design by Framatome of France. The station is located 30 km north of Cape Town. The plant is owned and operated by the country's national electricity supplier, Eskom.
In 1948, the Atomic Energy Board (AEB) was established. [3] In 1957, South Africa and the United States signed an agreement to procure a research reactor. In 1970, the Uranium Enrichment Corporation (UCOR) was established. On 1 July 1982, the Nuclear Energy Act (Act 92 of 1982) created the Atomic Energy Corporation (AEC), superseding the former ...
South Africa played a leading role in the establishment of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (also referred to as the Treaty of Pelindaba) in 1996, becoming one of the first members in 1997. South Africa also signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996 and ratified it in 1999.
The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) of South Africa is responsible for the regulatory framework that protects people, property and the environment from any damaging effects of ionizing radiation or radioactive material. [1]
The 18 month timetable was completed in July 1991 and South Africa joined the NPT on 10 July 1991. [10] They then joined the IAEA in September and on 10 October 1991 disclosed its nuclear materials, facilities and program. [10] On 24 March 1993, President FW de Klerk announced to the world the end of the South African nuclear weapons program ...
Founded by the Cape Town City Council [1] as the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, the CPO held its inaugural concert on 28 February 1914 in the Cape Town City Hall.This orchestra and its predecessors [2] soon established a reputation both nationally and internationally, with concerts and tours throughout South Africa, [3] the UK, [4] Taiwan, the Canary Islands and the United States.
The African National Congress party lost its majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system ...
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.