text: r-hor'n Roao+r'nn nn 02-lli" ''S.'rrth Afriea rq Piloi Enl^inh!'lpnt Plant''. I'I""hf"At." Po"t, 5 Decenber 19?8; Gillette, "Uranium Enrichment "' p. f092. 71/ See Factv. Fiction: the Federal Republic ofof Al1 tion betweenTO/ l'levby-Fraser, Chain Feaction, pp. 105-106" elds, 5 October 197U 'tal of thein the Nuc].Al 35 li+c2 English Annex ?,:i';' 1.9 Becker nozzle process to scuth Africa ..nd that it t)ecame with minor c?ian{les theunique ucoR-process 72/ is possirly oyerclrawn. As noted earlier., lhe standard tei:t .rn enrictment proccss(s and Lhe lj,icct TetrorL on erricjlrenE avaiJability give separa,te treatnenL to LIte rJCL|l ^IrToc^sr, l'oreover" the scientists and enginecrsdirecting the South African progranme uere vell trained, hi6h1.y reAarded in the nuclear engineering profession, and adequately sulported by their Government. Consequently, South African claims in f970 to have developed a uni que enrichment process without outside help are not a priori unreasonable. I{oweveru it a.lso isplausible that the informal ties with Karlsruhe and STEAG hefped South Africa'sscientists to overcome various difficulties in scaling up their initiaf laboratoryefforts to a pilot facility both by offering technicE.f ad.vice and by supplying components for that encl-eavor. 73/ 37, Particularly jn recent y2ars. thcre has been gror^ring concern about possible nuelear co-operation betr,reen South Africa and Israel . J4/ S.-rctl spc c..rilatior:s grev particularly persistent after Priroe l{inister John \rorster visited Israel in 1976 and signed various agreements of co-operation. i{offever, there have been no official statemenLs ho confjrm such co-operation in the nuclear field. Until specific exa,4pfes of actual nuclear exchanges or transactions can be cited as clear evidenceof such co-operation " this whol"e question renains in a state of uncertainty, 3, !:E]r 4l-:t:{:- posi.bicrr as a nuclear supplier 38" It was noted. above that while approxilriately 16 per cent of the available
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the development of a nuclear enrichment program in South Africa, including the unique process developed by the country and potential international cooperation with other countries. The text also mentions the involvement of scientists and engineers in the program, as well as the government's support. The focus is on the technological and scientific aspects of the program, rather than its economic or social impacts.