text: 59/ Iiternational- Nucfear Fuef Cycle Evaluation, I'uel ?9d,4eaAvai];bil-ity, Report of Working Group I' 1l\FcE/Pc/2/I, pp. t+5-41. 60l 'Ta1ks Continuing on U. (.LCnoonJ r Iy JIJLy LY|Y.S. Uranium for South Africa". Iinancial TimesIA/35 /40?,lnglish Anneri ?age 17 "I,Ie can ascribe our d.egree of advancenent today in ).argJ measure to thetraining and assistance so r,rillingly provided. by the united gtates of rf:rericaduring th3 earfy years of or:r nuclear progr.n when several of the trtresternvorldrs nations co-operated in initiating our scientists and engineers intonuclear science " " 6V 32. i.{ore speci.fically, between 1955 and 196j, II South Africans, inc}ud.ing severa]eventual head6 of research divisions within the Atomic Energy Board and bothDrs. Roux and crant, participated along with many other foreign nationals (a:6) inthe united states lrgonne fnte"national schooL of Nucl-ear science and. Engineeringor its successor, the rnternational- rnstitute of NucLear science and. Engineering, WAt the sane time, an Agreement for Nuclear Co-operation with a 50-year duration was signed- in 1957, und-er vhicb other south Africans vere trained at oalr Bidge anclthe sAtr'ARr research reactor and other research equipment were sol-d. to south Africa. Aceording +-o one source, frcnn the inception of that Agreement to L9?0, 90 SouthAfricans received training in the united states in nuclean science, engineering,pttysics., safety, and associated subjects, while fron 19To to r97 5 an aclditional" fourpersons received training. 91/ 11 turn, though Less plecise data i.s available concerning the countries of Western Europe, other, if fewer, South Africanscientists were trained in the conparabl-e nuclear research centres of France, ttre tr'ed.eral- Republic of Germany " arrd Great 3ritain in the 1950s. 6l|/ 33, Official South Africar nucfear ties with each of the above countries havedeclined. in the last few years. The cancellation of united states shipment s of high
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the historical context of South Africa's nuclear program, specifically the role of international cooperation, particularly with the United States, in training South African scientists and providing nuclear research equipment. The text highlights the significance of this cooperation in advancing South Africa's nuclear capabilities. Given the focus on nuclear science and technology, it is likely that the text is related to the development of nuclear energy, which is often linked to industry and science.