An attack on South Africa's Pelindaba nuclear
research site has resulted in a worker being shot. Anton Gerber, an
operations officer in the Emergency Services department, reportedly
tackled armed men who entered the emergency control room of the site on
7 November. He was rushed to hospital and is in a stable condition.
Site operator Necsa, South Africa's state nuclear research company, described the event as an armed robbery
in a short statement.
A pilot nuclear fuel plant
is under development at Pelindaba to provide fuel for the demonstration
pebble-bed modular reactor and the Safari-1 research reactor has operated there since 1965.
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