South Africa is no exception. Nuclear development is hard. It needs bright guys. The types of people in this business are not only bright, they are also innovative problem solvers. In other words, the sort of people that the counuy really needs for national development.
Historical achievements are many and complex.
The nuclear business is highly complex, and as a result it breeds detailed and complex systems. The whole issue of systems engineering is in itself an advanced science. In fact, one of the best training centres in the country. The organisation has also developed a host of non-nuclear skills and products. What this means is that before nuclear material can be handled or lhbricated, a myriad of non-nuclear technologies have to be developed and meticulously put in place in a complex system.