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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.







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DOI:   1985          1991







TEXT: 1.          IRAQI

ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (IAEC)          1991,

GROUP 3000 OF THE IAEC WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING

CENTRIFUGES FOR ENRICHING URANIUM.







WORK ON THE CENTRIFUGES BEGAN AROUND 1985, AND WAS ORIGINALLY

CONDUCTED IN THE LABORATORY WORKSHOP BUILDING (LWB) AT THE

TUWAITHA NUCLEAR SITE.







CENTRIFUGE EFFORT PROJECT WAS

MOVED TO THE RASHIDIYA NUCLEAR SITE.







1991, THE IRAQIS HAD MOVED THE SENSITIVE CENTRIFUGE EQUIPMENT

FROM THE RASHIDIYA SITE AND HIDDEN IT IN A LOCATION







INFORMATION ABOUT RASHIDIYA HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY CLOSELY

HELD,







5.          BASED ON INFORMATION

PROVIDED          THE PLANT IS

LOCATED BETWEEN RASHIDIYA AND AADHAMIYA TO THE SOUTH.







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