South Africa

Has Weapons-Usable Nuclear Materials

Category/Indicator Score Rank
Overall Score 73 =19
Category/Indicator Score Rank
Quantities and Sites 72 16
Category/Indicator Score Rank
Quantities of Nuclear Materials 50 =19
Sites and Transportation 100 =1
Material Production / Elimination Trends 50 =18
Category/Indicator Score Rank
Security and Control Measures 70 21
Category/Indicator Score Rank
On-site Physical Protection 80 =19
Control and Accounting Procedures 100 =1
Security Personnel Measures 100 =1
Physical Security During Transport 0 =24
Response Capabilities 100 =1
Category/Indicator Score Rank
Global Norms 71 =20
Category/Indicator Score Rank
International Legal Commitments 80 =14
Voluntary Commitments 60 =24
Nuclear Security and Materials Transparency 67 =13
Category/Indicator Score Rank
Domestic Commitments and Capacity 100 =1
Category/Indicator Score Rank
UNSCR 1540 Implementation 100 =1
Domestic Nuclear Materials Security Legislation 100 =1
Safeguards Adoption and Compliance 100 =1
Independent Regulatory Agency 100 =1
Category/Indicator Score Rank
Societal Factors 59 17
Category/Indicator Score Rank
Political Stability 75 =15
Pervasiveness of Corruption 50 =14
Group(s) Interested in Illicitly Acquiring Materials 50 =12

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Notes

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Comparison Chart

  • —  South Africa
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ABOVE AVERAGE

Control and Accounting Procedures
100
Domestic Nuclear Materials Security Legislation
100
Independent Regulatory Agency
100
Response Capabilities
100
Safeguards Adoption and Compliance
100
Security Personnel Measures
100
Sites and Transportation
100
UNSCR 1540 Implementation
100
International Legal Commitments
80
On-site Physical Protection
80
Political Stability
75
Nuclear Security and Materials Transparency
67

AVERAGE

Voluntary Commitments
60
Group(s) Interested in Illicitly Acquiring Materials
50
Material Production / Elimination Trends
50
Pervasiveness of Corruption
50
Quantities of Nuclear Materials
50

BELOW AVERAGE

Physical Security During Transport
0