VZCZCXRO8934
PP RUEHDU RUEHJO
DE RUEHSA #2686 3651302
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 311302Z DEC 09 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY PRETORIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0766
INFO RUEHOU/AMEMBASSY OUAGADOUGOU PRIORITY 0231
RUEHTN/AMCONSUL CAPE TOWN PRIORITY 7481
RUEHDU/AMCONSUL DURBAN PRIORITY 1544
RUEHJO/AMCONSUL JOHANNESBURG PRIORITY 9836
UNCLAS PRETORIA 002686
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN.MNSA DEBORAH RUDOLPH AND AF/S
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC
SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA: KUDOS FOR U.S. COOPERATION ON
PEACEFUL USES ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
REF: STATE 129517
(SBU) Reviewing reftel points and non-paper in a December 23
meeting with Department of International Relations and
Cooperation (DIRCO) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament
and Nonproliferation Johann Kellerman, DepPolCouns, noticing
that the DIRCO building was emptying out for the holidays,
apologized for the length of the message. Kellerman
protested and urged POLOFF to continue, adding that the U.S.
had good reason to be proud of its role in promoting the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Pointing to a REFTEL
non-paper point on a $190,000 2009 U.S. investment in an
x-ray irradiator for a Tsetse Fly project in Burkina Faso,
Kellerman said no other country invests in peaceful nuclear
energy the way the U.S. does. He added that South Africa
very much appreciates U.S. efforts to promote the peaceful
uses of nuclear energy.
GIPS