Subject: IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM 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. DIRECTOR 723277 A. INFORMATION ON BAGHDAD'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. INFORMATION FOCUSES ON IRAQ'S PRODUCTION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM FOR WEAPONS AND ON LOCATIONS OF ADDITIONAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION TO ATTEMPTING TO BUILD HIGH-SPEED CENTRIFUGES TO ENRICH URANIUM, IRAQ ALSO HAD DEVELOPED ELECTROMAGNETIC ISOTOPE SEPARATION (EMIS), ALSO KNOWN AS THE CALUTRON METHOD IRAQ HAD REPORTEDLY PRODUCED ENOUGH MATERIAL VIA EMIS FOR A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE TEST--ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 25 TO 30 KILOGRAMS. BAGHDAD WAS OPERATING APPROXIMATELY 25 CALUTRON UNITS; 20 AT TARMIYA WHERE URANIUM WAS ENRICHED TO 35%, AND 5 AT TUWAITHA WHERE ENRICHMENT LEVELS OF APPROXIMATELY 95% WERE ACHIEVED. CALUTRONS WERE IN USE AT TUWAITHA. INFORMATION ON FACILITIES INVOLVED WITH THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM: 1. A FACILITY IN BAGHDAD ACROSS FROM THE SHERATON AND MERIDIAN HOTELS. THIS IS THE TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS OF THE WEAPONS PROGRAM. REPORTEDLY, SOME MATERIALS WERE MOVED HERE AFTER THE PASSAGE OF UNSCR 687. 2. A SITE IN MUSAYYIB (JUST SOUTH OF BAGHDAD) KNOWN AS THE AL ATHEER PLANT, WAS TO CONSTRUCT ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THIS SITE AS NOT BOMBED AND WAS REPORTEDLY RECENTLY COMPLETED. HOWEVER, THE IRAQIS EXPECTED THE SITE TO BE BOMBED AND MOVED MATERIALS FROM THE FACILITY. 3. PC-3 FACILITIES AT TUWAITHA WERE KNOWN AS AL ASEEL, AND COMPRISED THE HEADQUARTERS OF IRAQ'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. ONE FACILITY IN AL ASEEL CONTAINED THE 5 CALUTRONS THAT WERE USED TO ENRICH URANIUM FROM 35% TO 95%. 4. LOCATIONS KNOWN AS AL RABEE-AH AND AL DIJJLA. BOTH ARE LOCATED IN OR NEAR ZAFARANIYAH, A SUBUR OF BAGHDAD. AL RABEE-AH WAS A MECHANICAL WORKSHOP FOR PRODUCTION OF CALUTRONS. AL DIJJLA IS WHERE POWER SUPPLIES WERE PRODUCED FOR CALUTRONS. NEITHER SITE WAS DAMAGED BY BOMBING. 5. TARMIYA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AL SAFAA PLANT, WAS THE SITE OF THE 20 CALUTRONS USED TO ENRICH URANIUM TO 35%. THESE WERE LOCATED IN 2 BUILDINGS AT THE SITE. IRAQ ALSO CONDUCTED PHYSICS RESEARCH AT TARMIYA. 6. A LOCATION IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE TUWAITHA HERE PARTS FOR THE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM WERE REPORTEDLY STORED. ALSO OUTSIDE TUWAITHA IS A FACILITY WHEE MAGNETIC COILS AND INSULATORS WERE MANUFACTURED. NEITHER OF THESE FACILITIES WERE BOMBED. 7. THE AL JAZIRAH PLANT, LOCATED NEAR MOSUL IN NORTHERN IRAQ. THIS PLANT CONVERTED URANIUM FEED MATERIAL INTO URANIUM TETRACHLORIDE WHICH THEN SERVED AS FEED MATERIAL FOR THE CALUTRONS AT TARMIYA. 8. ANOTHER FACILITY IN NORTHERN IRAQ KNOWN AS THE AL FAJAR FACTORY NEAR ASH SHARQAT. AL FAJAR WAS TO BE A CALUTRON FACILITY FOR ENRICHING URANIUM TO WEAPONS GRADE. END OF MESSAGE 1.5(c) 65579:65579First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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