Nuclear Facility
Filename:630rpt.91j
Subject: Nuclear Facility
260200Z JAN 91 TTTT
[ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
A. NUCLEAR: THERE IS MAJOR DAMAGE AT THE BAGHDAD
NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER. SEVERE DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE FUEL
FABRICATION BUILDING AND MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING HALL. BOTH PART OF THE ITALIAN BUILT
LABORATORY COMPLEX. ALSO THERE HAS SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE
SUSPECTED URANIUM ENRICHMENT BUILDING. THIS SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCES IRAQI CAPABILITY TO CONDUCT NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND
PRODUCE FISSILE MATERIAL.
B. BIOL0GICAL: WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL PROCESSIN6
CAPABILITY AT ABU GHARIB. ALONG WITH THE COMPLETE
NEUTRALIZATION OF THE TAJI BW PRODUCTION FACILITIES- IRAQ'S
PRODUCTION CAPABILITY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 40 TO 50 PERCENT.
COUNTRYWIDE. SEVEN OF NINETEEN (37 PERCENT) KNOWN SPECIAL 12-
FRAME BUNKERS CAPABLE OF STORING BIOL0GICAL AGENTS HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED.
C. CHEMICAL: CHEMICAL AGENT PRODUCTION CAPABILITY HAS BEEN
REDUCED BY 40-50 PERCENT AND TWO-THIRDS OF THE FILLING
CAPACITY HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. NO DAMAGE TO THE 23 KNOWN S-
SHAPED CHEMICAL STORAGE BUNKERS HAS BEEN OBSERVED. AND THE
LIKELIHOOD REMAINS THAT IRAQ HAS DEPLOYED CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO
FORWARD BASED UNITS.
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