Subject: DAMAGE TO IRAQI NUCLEAR FACILITI 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. AUG 91 REPORT CLASS DIST: AUGUST 1991 COUNTRY: IRAQ SUBJ: ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE TO IRAQI NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT DOI: JUNE 1991 AN ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE INFLICTED BY COALITION AIRSTRIKES TO SOME OF IRAQ'S NUCLEAR RESEARCH FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. AT THE AL-JAZIRA PLANT IN MOSUL (MA'MAL AL-JAZIRA, FACILITIES 212 AND 244). COALITION FORCES DESTROYED THE AIR CONDITIONERS AND THE U208 AND U308 RECEIVING AREAS IN THE 212 FACILITY BUT,THE CRITICAL AREAS WERE NOT DAMAGED. THE EQUIPMENT WAS SALVAGED AFTER THE CEASEFIRE THE IRAQIS DESTROYED A PART OF THE BUILDING AFTER THE CEASEFIRE IN ORDER TO FOOL U.N. INSPECTORS. IN THE ADJACENT FACILITY 244. UP TO 80 PERCENT OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS SALVAGED FACILITY 244 PROCESSES THE U02 FROM FACILITY 212 INTO UCL4. UCL4 IS THE PRODUCT FROM WHICH U235 AND U238 IS EXTRACTED (OR SEPARATED). IT IS THE RAW MATERIAL FOR THE "SECOND STAGE" OF THE IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THE ENRICHMENT PROCESS. 2. THE ENRICHMENT FACILITY 411 (THE AL-TARMIYA OR AL-SAFA' FACILITY NORTH OF BAGHDAD) WAS BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE IRAQIS HAVE SALVAGED A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF FACILITY 411'S EQUIPMENT. FACILITY 405 AT AL- TUWAITRA, OPERATED BY THE IRAQI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (IAEC) AND THE BASIS FOR THE 411 PROGRAM WAS PROBABLY TOTALLY DESTROYED. 3. THE CURRENT PORTRAIT OF THE IRAQI NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS A CONTRADICTORY ONE. THE PRIORITY OF IRAQI NUCLEAR AUTHORITIES IS TO PREPARE FOR AND TO MISLEAD INTERNATIONAL INSPECTORS. NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM HAVE SPECULATED THAT IRAQ MAY MOVE TO RELOCATE THE PROGRAM TO ANOTHER ARAB COUNTRY. 1.5 (c) 72004-72004First Page |Prev Page |Next Page |Src Image
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