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Viewing cable 04PRETORIA5371, SOUTH AFRICA AND RUSSIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC AND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
04PRETORIA5371 2004-12-14 10:57 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Pretoria
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS PRETORIA 005371 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NP/NE/BURKART/KRASS/COMELLA 
DOE FOR NE-2.4/LMCDANIEL, NNSA/NA-243/MMANNING 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG TRGY KNNP KSCA SF
SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA AND RUSSIA SIGN SCIENTIFIC AND 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR ENERGY 
 
 
(U) On November 20, the Department of Minerals and Energy 
(DME) signed an agreement with Russian Federation 
counterparts to broaden and strengthen scientific and 
technical cooperation between the two countries under the 
umbrella of their International Trade and Economic 
Cooperation (ITEC).  According to DME's press statement, the 
agreement is designed to enable cooperation in research and 
development in the field of nuclear power engineering, use of 
atomic energy for electricity generation, heating and 
desalination, radioactive waste management, nuclear safety, 
radiation protection and radiological environmental 
protection, nuclear radiation safety regulation, and the 
decommissioning and decontamination of nuclear facilities. 
The Russian Federation is a key supplier of low enriched 
uranium for Eskom's nuclear power station at Koeberg. 
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