Talk:Pelindaba

The article does not state whether any weapons grade materials or raw materials for radiological material dispersion bombs was actually taken. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.226.104.225 (talk) 21:04, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

talk Quote from the 'article': "hundreds of kilograms of weapons-grade uranium " - uhm... SA is a signer of the non proliferation treaty and got rid of its weapons grade stuff and rocket sites, now where in the hell did those hundreds of kg of weapons grade plutonium story came from ? D0h


 * Highly enriched uranium does not magically disappear on signing a non proliferation treaty. During South Africa's Nuclear Program enough HEU was produced for 6 bombs. That HEU uranium is now stored at Pelindaba. See, Dismantling the program at and Storage and disposal of fissile material at  --NJR_ZA (talk) 19:59, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

A second group of intruders?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121901857.html mentions a "separate group of intruders" who made a "failed" attempt at a break-in from the west simultaneous to the attack by the four armed men. Would like to add this, but am very unclear about the deets. Can anyone else find anything more substantial about the secong group...? --JosiahHenderson (talk) 16:04, 11 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Yep. 60 Minutes did a story on this... Their mention of a second group is as follows: "But the attack on the control room was just the start. A second group of gunmen, on the other side of the plant, was cutting through the fence and opened fire on a guard." Article URL is http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/20/60minutes/main4621623.shtml Video is also available with some contradicting facts about the events. Also, 60 minutes goes in detail about how security was late to respond.

South Africa's atomic bombs developed, constructed and subsequently stored there?
Actually they were produced and stored in Kentron Circle/Advena.--Severino (talk) 22:39, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Some sources for potential article expansion
Several books which may be of use are mentioned in the former article, and Pelindaba is specifically mentioned in the following letter.


 * https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/2017-08-22-how-sas-nuke-cloud-became-a-global-silver-lining/
 * https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2017-08-28-letter-sa-nuclears-golden-lining/

--Danimations (talk) 12:27, 29 August 2017 (UTC)