DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The monitoring of radioactivity seems problematic between the Office Congolese of control (OCC), the National Committee for protection against ionizing radiation (CNPRI) and the General Commission for Energy Atomic (CGEA). The Weekly Barometer title "OCC: the CNPRIdenounced the cavalier management DG Albert Kasongo of the OCC " The Weekly writes: "In relation to the monitoring of radioactivity in border, the OCC was linked with the CGEA by a Memorandum of Understanding signed dated 11 August 2010. The MoU was terminated unilaterally by OCC regardless of certain clauses of the MoU. The CGEA feeling aggrieved before the competent bodies to enter its rights. "
The newspaper said that after investigations by officials CNPRI the President of the structure pointed to those of the OCC control radioactivity and the certificate of radioactivity not unilaterally by the OCC were totally illegal and irregular. The President of CNPRI, Mr Marc Kakule wished to emphasize in his letter to DG have OCC, Mr. Albert Kasongo, the nuclear field in general and controlradioactivity in particular are the exclusive responsibility of the Ministry of Higher Education, University and Scientific Research (ESURS) that the exercises through CNPRI under Articles 8.9 and 11 of the CGEA in under Articles 12 and 51 of the Act.
On the same record, Grognon, satirical newspaper published unexpectedly speaks of "programmed around uranium mafia" and stressed that "the CGEA trying to play smart ass." The newspaper wrote: "instrumentalising with great malice concept radioactivity concept related to uranium, CGEA fights to divert all the powers of the OCC in control not because the OCC does not. his task correctly, but just because the CGEA fishy about the hundreds of thousands of dollars generated by the Yankees around the OCC control played him this day. "