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The nuclear reactor Safari at Pelindaba goes critical – and South Africa enters the nuclear age.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01The Star. 18th March 2003. Milestones
- 02Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, March 16). The nuclear reactor Safari at Pelindaba goes critical – and South Africa enters the nuclear age.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079393
South African History Online (2012) 'The nuclear reactor Safari at Pelindaba goes critical – and South Africa enters the nuclear age.', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079393 (Accessed: 4 August 2026).
South African History Online, The nuclear reactor Safari at Pelindaba goes critical – and South Africa enters the nuclear age. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079393, (accessed 4 August 2026).
"The nuclear reactor Safari at Pelindaba goes critical – and South Africa enters the nuclear age.." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079393. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The nuclear reactor Safari at Pelindaba goes critical – and South Africa enters the nuclear age.." South African History Online. March 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079393.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
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