Nuclear energy corporation of sa necsa
Mantashe appoints new Necsa board
This comes a week after the previous board members all handed in their resignations, claiming a lack of support from government and political interference.
The Energy Ministry has confirmed it received a combined resignation letter that was submitted to Minister Gwede Mantashe late on Tuesday.
Minister Jeff Radebe says the new chairperson is Dr Rob Adam, who has served as a former director-general and as a group executive within the nuclear sector.
Necsa exports radioisotopes used in nuclear medicine and promotes research and development in nuclear energy.
A significant number of parastatal's audits were not completed by the end of September cut-off date because they were still struggling to prove they are going concerns.
Nuclear Energy Corporation board chairperson Kelvin Kemm said there were many misconceptions about the country’s nuclear build programme.
Necsa chair Kelvin Kemm says it's a misconception that a ruling by the Western Cape High Court setting aside five cooperation agreements puts the brakes on the nuclear build programme.
Necsa chair Kelvin Kemm says South Africa is already a world leader in the development of nuclear materials.
A court ruling has set aside intergovernmental agreements signed with Russia, South Korea, the US, France and China.
Rosatom has been considered as the leading candidate for a tender to build 9.6 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity in SA by 2030.
It was revealed last month that Necsa had signed a R5 million contract with a Russian company.
Tina Joemat-Pettersson & Necsa officials are in Parliament to face the Portfolio Committee on Energy.
Pravin Gordhan has stressed that Treasury would only proceed with plans that were 'affordable'.
American officials claims that SA's atomic material is not properly being protected.
Ngeniswa Tyobeka has apparently been appointed to a position at Necsa that previously did not exist.