South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program

CNS Resources on South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program

Nuclear Program Terminology

AEB

AEC

ANC

Armscor

AVLIS

CNC

CNS

CTBT

DASCT

Eskom

GNU

HEU

IAEA

ILW

LEU

LLW

MFA

MLIS

Mo99

MTR

MWe

NNWS

NPT

NSG

Nufcor

NWFZ

NWS

PDS

PIV

PNE

PWR

R

RERTR

SAAF

SADF

SWU

U308

UCOR

UF6

Atomic Energy Board

Atomic Energy Corporation

African National Congress

Armaments Corporation

atomic vapor laser isotope separation

computer numerically controlled

Council for Nuclear Safety

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology

Electricity Supply Commission

Government of National Unity

highly enriched uranium

International Atomic Energy Agency

intermediate-level waste

low-enriched uranium

low-level waste

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

molecular laser isotope separation

molybdenum99

material test reactor

megawatt-electric

non-nuclear-weapon state

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Suppliers Group

Nuclear Fuels Corporation

nuclear-weapon-free zone

nuclear-weapon state

Pacific Development Services

physical inventory verification

peaceful nuclear explosion

pressurized water reactor

Rand

Reduced Enrichment in Research and Test Reactors

South African Air Force

South African Defence Force

separative work unit

uranium238 or yellowcake

Uranium Enrichment Corporation

uranium hexafluoride

Michael Barletta and Christina Ellington, March 1999.
© Center for Nonproliferation Studies,
Monterey Institute of International Studies.


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