On the same night last week that four robbers shot an emergency officer at Pelindaba, west of Pretoria, another attempt was made to bypass the nuclear site's security.
Intruders breached security at the Western Section of the SA Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), its chief executive Rob Adam said on Tuesday.
He said a patrolling security officer spotted the intruders, shots were fired and the intruders fled.
"My sense is that it must have been co-ordinated but there is no evidence of that yet," he told reporters at a media briefing at the Pelindaba site.
On Thursday, last week four men breached Necsa's tight security, making their way to the security control centre on the site where they took a computer and shot the station commander before taking off.
Anton Gerber was wounded in the lung and was on Tuesday still recovering in hospital where he was in a stable condition.
Adams denied that any nuclear installation at the site, including the research nuclear reactor, was compromised by the two security breaches.
Necsa has suspended its security management pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
It was offering a reward of R25 000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the four robbers and R10 000 for positively identifying any person involved in the incident. - Sapa
Robbers try again at SA nuke site
13 November 2007, 14:53
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Gregor Gable
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