28. Tri].ateral safeguards agreement betveen IAEA, France, and South Africa for the Koeberg power station entered into force on 5 January l9T?. There were two Agencyvisits in 1978 and 1979 to verify the progress of constluction. The agreement fornuclear co-operation between I'rance and South Aflica specifically excludes the reprocessing in south Af"ica of sFent nuclear fuer from this station" and requiresthat aLl plutonium exbracted in the course of reDrocessing of that fuel be stored 53/ Newby-fraser, Chain Reaction? pp, l36ff.; and Nuclear AssuranccCorporation, "South Africa", pp. 22-31,. 54l "Koeberg's Cooling Ws.ter Marine Basin Next on Agenda" " lluc.lear EnginecringInternational, Septenber lpJ'f ; Newby-Fraser, lbgil_Ieggt'l9g, pp. rZ6-I3j., and. Nuclear Assurance Corporation, !'South Africa", pp, ?2-8, 32-35 " 55l Newby-Fras er, Chain Reaction, p. 131. 55/ "South Mricans Reported Beaqy for Nuclear Bant' 29 Jr:ne 1!f8; t'U.S. Te11s South Africa to Accept Atomic New York Times, 20 Decenber 1977., ltrew York Tines o Curbs or Face !\re1 Cutoff ",,Al35/Ltaz Anne.)l rage _Lo outside South lifrica in pla,ces nutually agreed upon by both countries and und.ex l,gency safeguards. 5T/ l&at tbese provisions mean in practice is that, once sufficiencly cooled for transf,ort, the slent -tuef uiII be shipped back to France for reprocessin6 and not J.eft to ac cumutat e in South Africa. 58/ 29. South Af"icars pla.ns for fr,Lther d.evelolnent of nuclear power remain uncertain. Ilowever, d.ata provided. to INFCE Working Group I on fuel and heavy-water availability project a possible expansion of nuclear generaLil-16 9?pa_c_ity to J,000 -,iue in fggO, L,300 to ,,6AA IrVe in 1995 " and r ,30u to -10'000 l'ilfe in the vear 2OOO, These estimates nay be consid.erably inflated, 59/ 5. Other fac ilit ie s 30. South Africa has neither a fuel fabrication nor a reprocessing facility,
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the nuclear power industry in South Africa, specifically the Koeberg power station and its agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and France. The text also mentions estimates for the future development of nuclear power in South Africa. Given the focus on nuclear energy and the international agreements related to it, it is likely that the text is more closely related to science and technology.

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