BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER

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BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER

Filename:03913986.6
SUBJECT: BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER
PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 139866
GENDATE:         950718
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ENVELOPE RATMCIEB YEKDQA 7607 0341512-MIDO--YEKDQX
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HEADER R 031512Z FEB 91 ZYS
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BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER/[   (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)   ]
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RMK/IRAQ
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/NUCLEAR FACILITIES
/
/EFFORTS TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE TO A NUCLEAR REACTOR WERE PROBABLY
/UNDERWAY AT THE BAGHDAD NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER. A MOBILE CRANE
/AND A TRUCK HAD ARRIVED AT THE ISIS REACTOR BUILDING, WHICH
/CONTAINS AN 800 KILOWATT NUCLEAR REACTOR, SINCE 30 JANUARY. THE
/CRANE'S BOOM WAS OVER THE REACTOR BUILDING AND WAS PROBABLY
/REMOVING RUBBLE OR DEBRIS SO THAT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE REACTOR
/COULD BE MADE.
/
/COMMENT - [      (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4)    ] THE BAGHDAD NUCLEAR 
RESEARCH CENTER ESTABLISHED THAT
/THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM STORED IN THE
/ISIS REACTOR BUILDING. IF THE ISIS REACTOR WAS DESTROYED OR
/HEAVILY DAMAGED, OR IF ANY HIGHLY-ENRICHED URANIUM FUEL WAS 
STORED
/WITHIN THE BUILDING, THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD WOULD BE
/MINIMAL AND ANY PUBLIC HEALTH EFFECT PROBABLY WOULD BE
/UNDETECTABLE OFF SITE.
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