SA signs nuclear safety deals

Cape Town - South Africa concluded several bilateral co-operation agreements on nuclear safety during a conference in Austria, the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) of SA said on Thursday.

A new agreement was signed with the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland, while agreements with the UK Office of Nuclear Regulation and the US Regulators Commission were renewed.

"I believe that our bilateral arrangements will assist in strengthening the NNR's regulatory capabilities for providing for the protection of persons, property and the environment against nuclear damage," the regulator's CEO Bismark Tyobeka said.

The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 58th conference in Vienna, Austria. The conference ends on Friday.

Bilateral discussions were being convened with the NNR's counterparts in Canada, China, and Sweden.

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