Pelindaba

News Report - Pelindaba

Brazen Nuke Facility Raid An Inside Job?
"It happened just after one o’clock at night. We heard a sound inside the building," remembers Anton Gerber, who has worked at Pelindaba for 30 years and is the chief of the plant’s emergency control center.[CBS News]

Pelindaba nuclear plant worker Anton Gerber described how despite having contacted security shortly after the November 2007 raid, it took security personnel 24 minutes to arrive, CBS reported Thursday.[United Press International]

Non-destructive blasting implemented globally
The company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NXCO International, manufactures the NoneX propellant cartridges at its licensed factory in Pelindaba, in South Africa.[Creamer Media's Mining Weekly]

Nuclear Terror Risks Demand Global Attention, Report Says
The report reminds readers of a South African incident 12 months ago in which intruders penetrated the security perimeter of the Pelindaba nuclear facility that holds hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium. The attackers did not steal any material, but they gained entry to sensitive parts of the facility and were able to leave without being apprehended.[Global Security Newswire]