UN Report Finds Syria Was Building a Nuclear Reactor in Deir El-Zour Under Former President Assad
- The International Atomic Energy Agency found infrastructure at a site in Deir el-Zour, Syria, consistent with a nuclear reactor built under the regime of former President Bashar Assad.
- IAEA inspectors visited two Syrian sites and confirmed that the cooling infrastructure at Deir el-Zour was typical of a nuclear reactor.
- IAEA Director Rafael Grossi stated that Syria found and reported several tons of nuclear material from a previously undisclosed site linked to Assad's rule.
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The organization emphasizes that the former Syrian authorities "had not declared nuclear materials, facilities and activities"
By mid-August, the nuclear safety authority and the Syrian government had announced the discovery of "a few tons of nuclear material" at an "undeclared" site, "the legacy of the old regime".
Syria was building nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad: UN report
Inspectors with the UN nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August and carried out verification work, according to a confidential report circulated to member states and seen Tuesday by Associated Press. Based on this visit, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that it is “able to establish that the former Syrian authorities had failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities as required under the NPT Safegua…
Inspektori Međunarodne elektroja za atomsku energiju (IAEA) posetili su nekoliko lokacija u Siriji u avgustu i tada su otkrili da je ta zemlja za vreme bivšeg predsednika Bašara el Asada gradila nuklearni reactor u Deir el Zuru, saznaje danas američka agentja AP prema poverljivom izveštaju koji je distribuiran državama članicama, a u koji je imala uvid.
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For decades, Syria's secret nuclear resources remained largely in the dark. Now, the IAEA has reviewed and secured 73 tons of uranium, including fuel for a secret reactor project from Bashar al-Assad's time.
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