The South African authorities have not yet issued a licence to allow the massive nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to dock in Table Bay.
The sticking point in the licence application concerns the question of liability for nuclear damage in the event of an accident.
State legal advisers are likely to make a decision some time.

The government authority have no problem building a pebble bed
experimental nuclear power station some 8 to 12 miles away, that is considered less
than safe by the rest of the world.
The possibility of leak with this proposed pebble bed reactor
could affect property price in Cape Town.