Unveiling South Africa's nuclear past

Harris, Verne; Hatang, Sello; Liberman, Peter

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“…After a successful nuclear test at Somchem in 1974 South Africa announced its capability to build nuclear bombs (Van Wyk 2007). It was soon revealed that South Africa built six and-a-half nuclear bombs, similar to the one used in Hiroshima (Harris et al 2004). Although they were dismantled later the history of South Africa's nuclear past is not completely known mainly because of the destruction of the related records and documents (Harris et al 2004).…”

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“…It was soon revealed that South Africa built six and-a-half nuclear bombs, similar to the one used in Hiroshima (Harris et al 2004). Although they were dismantled later the history of South Africa's nuclear past is not completely known mainly because of the destruction of the related records and documents (Harris et al 2004). South Africa has also made attempts in a chemical and biological war programme in 1981, called Project Coast.…”

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Science and scientific collaboration in South Africa: apartheid and after

Sooryamoorthy

2009

Scientometrics

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Scientific collaboration is growing in its importance; more so in Asian and African countries. This paper examines the scenario of science and scientific collaboration in South Africa which had passed through the colonial and apartheid regimes before it became a democracy in 1994. South African science under distinct political periods moved through some difficult periods but it did not badly affect the progress and direction of South African science. Science and scientific collaboration continued to grow under its major political phases amidst serious challenges. Despite internal conflict and boycott by the international scientific community, South Africa could move onto a stable and steady path of growth in science and collaboration under apartheid which is being carried on in the new South Africa. Collaborative research is encouraged at various levels of knowledge production and in science. The importance science and scientific development is gaining in today's South Africa is remarkable.

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Science and scientific collaboration in South Africa: apartheid and after

Sooryamoorthy

2009

Scientometrics

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“…However, the destruction of these items also significantly increased the challenges of verifying the dismantlement or of reconstructing a precise history of the program. 42 Upon completion of the dismantlement process, the steering committee was instructed to inform the government when to sign the NPT and the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, and to form a preliminary inventory of all nuclear material and facilities. 43 As noted, South Africa acceded to the NPT on July 10, 1991, after the decommission process was complete.…”

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South African Rollback: Revisiting Monitoring and Verification Lessons after 20 Years

Busch

Pilat

2014

Comparative Strategy

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As the only country in history to have created, then voluntarily renounced, a nuclear arsenal, South Africa is often referenced as a potential model for nuclear disarmament. However, this article argues that there are sharp limitations on the extent to which the South African case can be applied as a model for other countries to follow. Because South Africa unilaterally dismantled its program and only brought in inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and key member states after the dismantlement was complete, information vital to the verification process was lost to the international community. As a model of a cooperative verification, South Africa thus highlights both the difficulties that monitoring and verification regimes will encounter, as well as the opportunities that they afford.

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“…The authors concluded that the deteriorating security environment led to heightened nuclear weapons aspirations on the part of the apartheid government (Harris et al 2004). This was triggered by the introduction of Cuban forces into neighboring Angola as well as the United Nations (UN) arms embargo, thus creating the need to buffer the South African security system.…”

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Nuclear Proliferation in South Africa

Asuelime

Adekoye

2016

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Unveiling South Africa's nuclear past

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Science and scientific collaboration in South Africa: apartheid and after

Science and scientific collaboration in South Africa: apartheid and after

South African Rollback: Revisiting Monitoring and Verification Lessons after 20 Years

Nuclear Proliferation in South Africa

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