IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM

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Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM

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AUG 91







IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM SITES ARE LOCATED AT:

A. TUWAITHA, 30 KMS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF BAGHDAD.

B. SHARQAAT, LOCATED 300 KMS NORTH OF BAGHDAD AND IN

BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN RANGES WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,000

METERS IN ALTITUDE.

C. ALDORA, LOCATED NEAR A PETROLEUM REFINING PLANT IN

BAGHDAD. THIS SITE HAS BEEN MADE TO LOOK LIKE A PART OF THE

PETROLEUM REFINING PLANT.

3. WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES ARE ONGOING AT THESE SITES?

A. AT TUWAITHA, THERE ARE TWO REACTORS. A

BUILT REACTOR CALLED "ZERO" WHICH HAS A 20-30 MEGAWATT

CAPACITY. THE OTHER lS AN          REACTOR WHICH HAS A 15-20

MEGAWATT CAPACITY.          BELIEVES THAT THE

REACTOR HAS "HEAT" CELLS.          THIS IS THE SITE

OF THE          REACTOR "TAMOUZ" WHICH          ATTEMPTED TO

DESTROY IN 1985.          THERE WAS ONLY MINIMAL

DAMAGE TO THIS SITE CONTRARY TO REPORTS THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY

DESTROYED. HE CLAIMED THAT ONLY TWO          MISSILES HIT THE

SITE. ONE HIT THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND THE OTHER HIT JUST

BESIDE IT. ACCORDING TO          "TAMOUZ" WAS DISMANTLED AND

POSSIBLY RELOCATED, BUT HE IS NOT SURE WHERE.

BOTH THE RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN REACTOR ARE USED ONLY FOR

RESEARCH. ACCORDING TO          THE IAEA HAS BLOCKED IRAQ FROM

OBTAINING MATERIALS USED IN THIS NUCLEAR RESEARCH.

B. SHARQAAT IS A URANIUM REFINING PLANT WHICH HE

DESCRIBED AS VERY DANGEROUS.          AS OF 1986 THEY HAD NOT

REACHED THE STAGE OF "YELLOW CAKE."







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