Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Not Finally Evaluated Intelligence
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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.
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