The process of South African denuclearisation: an example for the world? Online publication date: Sat, 20-Sep-2008
by Jean-Marie Collin
Atoms for Peace: an International Journal (AFP), Vol. 2, No. 2, 2008
Abstract: Largely unknown, the history of the accession of South Africa to nuclear weapon status resulted from a programme launched secretly in 1974, benefiting from secret cooperation from Israel, Germany and France. This programme was stopped by President De Klerk as of 1989, which allowed his country to ratify the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1991. It was the first example in the world of a country giving up nuclear weapons and was done in very particular circumstances: the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the prospect of apartheid ending and thus the transfer of power to the ANC.
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