The care and maintenance was considered a preferred mechanism to minimise future costs whilst also aimed at ensuring the preservation of the intellectual property (IP) vested in PBMR, its assets and the preservation of the nuclear skills already developed in PBMR. Given that PBMR is currently a subsidiary of Eskom, Cabinet further approved that Eskom will second senior executives to PBMR to implement the care and maintenance strategy under the PBMR Board, which in time will also be reduced to (2) two directors.