Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS 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. COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: PROJECTS MANAGED BY THE IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM KNOWN AS PC-3 DOI: AUGUST 1991 NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROJECT KNOWN AS PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT 3 (PC-3) WAS SPLIT OFF FROM THE IAEC IN THE LATE 1980'S AND PLACED UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF HUSAYN ((KAMIL)), THEN MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND MILITARY INDUSTRIALIZATION. ESTIMATED THE CURRENT SIZE OF THE COMBINED IAEC AND PC-3 AT ABOUT 7000 PEOPLE. PC-3 IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE IAEC, WHICH BEFORE PC-3 WAS FORMED NUMBERED ONLY ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE.@@@ THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS MANAGED BY PC-3 AS OF LATE JULY 1991: B. PROJECT 6000, ALSO KNOWN AS AL-ATHEER: THIS FACTORY WAS DESIGNED TO FABRICATE THE URANIUM SHELLS FOR ATOMIC BOMBS THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS AT THE SITE, ACCORDING TO CONTACTS OF ARE THE MATERIAL HALLS IN BUILDING 6210 AND BUILDING 6220. BUILDING 100 AT THE FACTORY IS INVOLVED WITH EXPLOSIVE TESTS. SOMETIME PRIOR TO MAY 1990 THIS BUILDING WASTESTED WITH A VERY LARGE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE. THE TEST WAS SUCCESSFUL AND A CELEBRATION WAS HELD. ALONG THE ROAD TO BUILDING 100 ARE WAREHOUSES WHERE CAPACITORS INTENDED FOR USE IN ATOMIC BOMBS ARE STORED. DURING THE GULF WAR, BUILDING 100 SUSTAINED A DIRECT HIT WHICH MOVED THE HEAVILY REINFORCED BUILDING SLIGHTLY BUT OTHERWISE LEFT IT UNDAMAGED. C. PROJECT 8119,,kLM KNOWN AS THE AL-FAJIR FACTORY NEAR ASH SHARQAT: THIS FACTORY WAS BUILT USING THE YOGOSLAV DESIGN DRAWINGS FOR PROJECT 411. D. PROJECT 411, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AL-SAFA'FACTORY: KNOWN TO YUGOSLAVIA AS PROJECT 946 FOR THE AQUBA BEN NAFFE STATE ESTABLISHMENT, PROJECT 411 WAS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENRICHMENT PLANT AT TARMIYA. E. PROJECT 212, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AL-JAZIRA FACTORY: THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED NEAR AL-MOSUL THE FACTORY WAS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE YELLOW CAKE FROM URANIUM ORE RECEIVED FROM AKASHAT, F. AL-RABIYA FACTORY: THE FACTORY IS LOCATED IN BAGHDAD. IN THE ZAAFARANIYA SECTION NORTH OF RASHID CAMP. THE FACTORY CONSISTS MAINLY OF MECHANICAL WORKSHOPS WITH COMPUTERIZED LATHE AND GRINDING MACHINES. THE FACTORY PRODUCED THE ION SOURCES USED AT PROJECT 411. AFTER THE TUWAITHA SITE WAS DESTROYED, THE 3Z GROUP WAS TRANSFERRED WITH SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT TO THIS FACTORY. K. PROJECT 7307, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AL-AMAL FACTORY: THIS FACTORY PRODUCES LIQUID NITROGEN FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPERATERS OF PROJECT 411. L. BAIJI PROJECT: THIS IS THE LIQUID NITROGEN PLANT FOR PROJECT 8119. M. AKASHAT GROUP: PROVIDED URANIUM ORE. N. PROJECT 600: A PART OF THE AQUBA BIN NAFFE STATE ESTABLISHMENT INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF COMPONENTS FOR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPERATORS. 0. INSTALLATION GROUP: THIS GROUP IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE DIJLA FACTORY. END OF MESSAGE 1.5 (c) 65819:65819First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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