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Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR

Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence







TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC ACCESS, THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN

REFORMATTED TO ELIMINATE INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN

TO GULF WAR ILLNESS ISSUES OR THAT IS CLASSIFIED. A COPY OF

THIS REDACTED DOCUMENT, IN ORIGINAL FORMAT, IS AVAILABLE ON

REQUEST.







JUN 91   DIRECTOR 740736







THE EXTENT OF IRAQI EFFORTS TO

DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPON.          SINCE THE

EARLY 1980'S IRAQ HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN LARGE-SCALE SECRET

EFFORTS TO INDIGENOUSLY PRODUCE HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM THROUGH

ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPARATION.







IN ADDITION TO ATTEMPTING TO

BUILD HIGH-SPEED CENTRIFUGES TO ENRICH URANIUM TO

WEAPONS-GRADE, IRAQ ALSO HAS DEVELOPED AN ELECTROMAGNETIC

ISOTOPE SEPARATION CAPABILITY,







SEVEN FACILITIES PLUS A PC-3

HEADQUARTERS WERE ACTIVE IN THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS EFFORT. THE

SEVEN FACILITIES WERE: TUWAITHA, TARMIYA, AL-ATHEER,

AL-RABBIYAH, AL-DIJJLA, AL-JAZIRAH, AND AL-FAJAR. THE PROGRAM

RECEIVED RAW URANIUM FOR PROCESSING FROM MINES AT UKASHAT.







FOUR OF THESE FACILITIES, AL-JAZIRAH,

AL-RABBIYAH, AL-DIJJLA, AND AL-ATHEER, ESCAPED ANY SIGNIFICANT

DAMAGE FROM COALITION AIRSTRIKES DURING THE GULF WAR. THE

OTHER FACILITIES, TUWAITHA, TARMIYA, AND AL-FAJAR, SUFFERED

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. IN THE CASE OF AL-FAJAR, THE IRAQIS HAD NOT

YET INSTALLED THE SEPARATION EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME OF THE GULF

WAR. AL ATHEER WAS THE SITE WHERE ACTUAL BOMB CONSTRUCTION WAS

TO TAKE PLACE.          ALL ACTIVITY

ASSOCIATED WITH THE IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM HAS BEEN

BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL BY THE GULF WAR.







BELIEVES THAT, SHOULD ACTIVITY RESUME, THE







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