Osirak

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Osirak

nuclear reactor, Iraq

Also known as: Tammuz-1

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nuclear weapon
Iraq
…Iraq a research reactor (called Osirak or Tammuz-1) that used weapon-grade uranium as the fuel. Iraq imported hundreds of tons of various forms of uranium from Portugal, Niger, and Brazil, sent numerous technicians abroad for training, and in 1979 contracted to purchase a plutonium separation facility from Italy. Iraq’s program…
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…Iraq a research reactor (called Osirak or Tammuz-1) that used weapon-grade uranium as the fuel. Iraq imported hundreds of tons of various forms of uranium from Portugal, Niger, and Brazil, sent numerous technicians abroad for training, and in 1979 contracted to purchase a plutonium separation facility from Italy. Iraq’s program…
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nuclear strategy
After the Cold War
…when Israeli aircraft bombed the Osirak reactor, south of Baghdad, demolishing the reactor’s core and dealing a serious setback to the Iraqi nuclear program. At the turn of the 21st century, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency estimated that Israel had 60 to 80 nuclear weapons.
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…when Israeli aircraft bombed the Osirak reactor, south of Baghdad, demolishing the reactor’s core and dealing a serious setback to the Iraqi nuclear program. At the turn of the 21st century, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency estimated that Israel had 60 to 80 nuclear weapons.
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