Thabo J. Tselane
Thabo J. Tselane holds an MSc in Nuclear Physics from the University of the Western Cape. He joined Necsa in March 2014 as Divisional Executive: Nuclear Operations. Over the years, he has acquired additional academic qualifications in Project Management, completed a Senior Management Programme at the University of Pretoria, and obtained a Global Development Management Programme qualification from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).
During his tenure at Necsa, he carried additional responsibilities, including serving as Acting Group Executive: Corporate Services; serving as a Board Director at NTP Radioisotopes SOC (a Necsa subsidiary); and later acting as Managing Director of NTP.
He also worked at BKS Consulting Engineers as a General Manager in Rustenburg, and at DPI‑Fike Plastics as a Manager. Prior to joining Necsa, he served as Senior Executive Manager for Nuclear Compliance Assurance and Enforcement, and later as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR).
Mr Tselane has also contributed extensively to international nuclear regulatory bodies. He served as Vice Chairperson of the Regulatory Cooperation Forum (RCF) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was a member of the IAEA’s Radiation Safety Standards Committee (RASSC) and its Nuclear Safety Standards Committee (NUSSC) and served as Chairperson of the Southern African Radiation Protection Association (SARPA).
