More on that SA nuke break in...

Reactor raid renews fear about nukes in Africa.

Six security officials at Pelindaba, a high-security facility west of Pretoria, have been suspended, according to Rob Adam, chief executive of the South African Nuclear Energy Corp. Officials suspect the Nov. 8 raid was carried out by "technically sophisticated criminals" familiar with the facility's electronic security systems.

Formal commission of inquiry called for.

ACDP president Kenneth Meshoe has called for a formal commission of inquiry to determine how armed attackers were able to bypass the security systems at one of South Africa’s most closely guarded national key points.

Meshoe said he was not sure what South Africa could teach other countries about security at nuclear sites after such an embarrassing incident.

“It is embarrassing that a country that is hosting the International Atomic Energy Agency convention on nuclear safety soon should have such serious security breach.”

Not to worry, Mr. Meshoe. It is the IAEA after all.

Read about South Africa's nuclear history - the only country to build and dismantle nukes here. (the Penlindaba facility just makes medical nukes now)

It's important to note that SA played a large role in the Paki acquisition of nukes. (courtesy of the Acorn.)

...South Africa was also an important node in Pakistan’s illicit nuclear proliferation network. In addition to using the country as a trans-shipment point, A Q Khan’s accomplices had an entire centrifuge factory there. Given that Pakistan’s proliferation apparatus is still functional, and other cases of South Africans involved in

Want to read more? Idaho Samizdat is your man. Read the 6 questions he has concerning the event here.