From 7-10 February, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, was in South Africa to meet several government ministers and undertake site visits to various facilities that use nuclear material for peaceful purposes, such as the Koeberg nuclear power plant outside Cape Town and South Africa`s first nuclear reactor - the SAFARI-1 research reactor at Pelindaba. In 2009, supported largely by industrialised nations, Amano was elected IAEA Director General, defeating South Africa`s Abdul Minty in six rounds of heavily contested voting.
