DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 1320
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 21 March 2011
1320. Dr S M van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:
(1) Whether any radioactive material has been stolen from (a) Pelindaba
Nuclear Research Facility, (b) Koeberg nuclear power station or (c) any
other user of nuclear products in the (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-
08, (iv) 2008-09 and (v) 2010-11 financial years; if so, what are the
relevant details in each case;
(2) Whether anyone was (a) arrested and (b) convicted for the specified
thefts; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case;
(3) Whether the nuclear material was retrieved in each case; if not, what
is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details in
each case;
(4) Whether the stolen material can be used to build a dirty bomb or a
weapon of mass destruction; if so, what is being done to retrieve the
stolen material;
(5) Whether the (a) SA Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and (b) National
Nuclear Regulator (NNR) of SA reports on each specified incident are
available to members of Parliament; if not, why not; if so, where can
copies of the reports be obtained? NW1463E
REPLY
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5) No radioactive material has ever been stolen from Koeberg
nuclear power station or from any of Eskom's power stations.