IRAQ NUCLEAR WASTE STORED

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Subject: IRAQ NUCLEAR WASTE STORED  
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SEP 91 CIA 888038 
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IRAQ: NUCLEAR WASTE STORED AT OIL FACILITY 
 
HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR WASTE AT AN OIL 
FACILITY IN NORTHERN IRAQ.
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1. IRAQ: NUCLEAR WASTE STORED AT OIL FACILITY 
IRAQ USED A PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK TO STORE URANIUM                 
FROM THE MOSUL FEED MATERIAL PRODUCTION FACILITY. 
HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN A 10,000-
CUBIC-METER STORAGE TANK AT THE JAZIRIAH OIL STORAGE 
FACILITY IN NORTHERN IRAQ. 
 
10 TONS OF URANIUM OXIDE WASTE IN LIQUID FORM HAD BEEN 
TRANSPORTED TO THIS SITE.  
THE IRAQIS ALSO CLAIMED THAT THE WASTE HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED 
TO THE SITE PRIOR TO JANUARY- 
IN ADDITION, 
IRAQI AUTHORITIES TRANSPORTED A NUMBER OF TANKER-TRAILER 
LOADS OF TOXIC LIQUIDS FROM THE PLANT AT MOSUL TO 
THIS AREA IN MAY OR JUNE.-1- 
 
 
EXTERNALLY, THE TANK HOLDING THE WASTE MATERIAL IS 
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM SIMILAR STORAGE TANKS USED IN THE 
IRAQI PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. 
THE SOLUTION APPARENTLY IS DEGRADING THE SEALS AND INTEGRITY 
OF THE TANK.  UNATTENDED, THIS WILL LEAD TO LOCAL 
CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER, BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE 
A SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL OR SAFETY CONCERN.

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