Nuclear regulator grants NRWDI licence to operate Vaalputs radioactive waste facility

South Africa’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) the nuclear licence to manage and operate the Vaalputs National Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, located in the Northern Cape. The licence has been held hitherto by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, or Necsa.