DEBKAfile – US to focus on uranium findings in Syria – evidence of Iranian proliferation

Posted by Matt in December 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Syria, Discovery, Focus, Iran, Nuclear Activities, Nuclear Proliferation, plutonium, Smoking Gun, Syria, Traces, Uranium, Washington Sources, Watchdog

A senior official in the Obama administration described the UN nuclear watchdog inspectors’ discovery of traces of highly processed plutonium at the bombed Syrian-North Korean facility at Dir a-Zur as a “smoking gun” – evidence of Iran’s covert nuclear activities and proliferation, DEBKAfile’s Washington sources report.
DEBKAfile – US to focus on uranium findings in [...]

DEBKAfile – Iran is advancing on dual nuclear bomb track: uranium plus plutonium

Posted by Matt in November 19th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Debkafile, Dual Track, Feverish Activity, Iran Nuclear, Isfahan, Military Sources, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Weapons Program, plutonium, Qom, Sources Report, Track Progress, Uranium Plant

DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the UN inspectors’ October visit to Iran turned up dual-track progress in support of its nuclear weapons program: Feverish activity was registered in the production of plutonium at Isfahan as an alternative to the Fordo enriched uranium plant near Qom which starts up in 2011.
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North Korea says it has produced more bomb-making plutonium

Posted by Matt in November 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Atomic Weapons, Bomb, Central News Agency, Communist Country, Fuel Rods, Korean Central News, Korean Central News Agency, North-Korea, northkorea, plutonium, United States

North Koreaannounced Tuesday it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons programme, putting further pressure on the United States to start direct talks.
The communist country “successfully completed reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods by the end of August” at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
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FACTBOX-A look at North Korea’s nuclear arms ambitions | Reuters

Posted by Matt in October 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Ambitions, Bomb, Fuel Rods, North-Korea, Nuclear Arms, Nuclear Test, Nuclear Weapons, plutonium, Proliferation, Reuters, Yongbyon

U.S. officials said prior to the North’s May 25 second nuclear test it had produced about 50 kg (110 lb) of plutonium, which proliferation experts say would be enough for six to eight nuclear weapons. It could eventually extract enough material from spent fuel rods cooling at Yongbyon to make one more bomb.
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Revealed: Burma’s nuclear bombshell

Posted by Matt in July 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Aim, Bombshell, Burma, Defectors, Military Junta, northkorea, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Reactor, plutonium

BURMA’s isolated military junta is building a secret nuclear reactor and plutonium extraction facilities with North Korean help, with the aim of acquiring its first nuclear bomb in five years, according to evidence from key defectors revealed in an exclusive Herald report today.
Revealed: Burma’s nuclear bombshell

‘China assisting Pakistan’s plutonium nuke programme’

Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Nuclear, Pakistan, 1990s, China, Congressional Report, Congressional Research Service, Congressional Research Service Crs, Lawmakers, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Pakistan, plutonium, Warheads

China is providing assistance to Pakistan in developing its plutonium-based nuclear weapons programme, a Congressional report has
told US lawmakers.
Besides the conventional uranium-based nuclear weapons, said Pakistan has also pursued plutonium-based warheads since the 1990s and continues to produce plutonium for weapons, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in latest its report on the country’s [...]

Video Tour of Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Assertion, bushehr, Commercial Satellite Imagery, Electricity Production, Esfahan, Heavy Water Reactor, Kilograms, Manufacturing Plant, Narration, Narrator, Nbc, Nbc News, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons, plutonium, Power Reactors, Propaganda, Uranium, Video Tour, Yellow-Cake

Video Tour of Iran’s Nuclear Sites: Part 1
The following is a three part video tour of Iran’s nuclear sites, obtained by NBC News in 2005 and transcribed and translated by ISIS. It is a promotional video produced by Iran and it contains much propaganda. For instance, the narrator repeats the assertion that the technology underpinning [...]

Iran: Plutonium or Uranium? Does It Matter? Part 3

Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Centuries, Current, Iran Nuclear, Leadership, Nuclear Capabilities, Peace Prepare For War, plutonium, Question Mark, State Actor, Sun-Tzu, tehran, Uranium, War Sun Tzu, Wisdom

“If you want peace, prepare for war.” – Sun Tzu
The wisdom of Sun Tzu, prophetic for centuries, seems to have eluded the current leadership in Washington.
The U.S. Question Mark
Is Washington allowing Tehran to save face? When two of the most senior members of our military offer widely differing views of Iran’s nuclear capabilities, perhaps we [...]