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Nuclear Facility

Filename:630rpt.91j
Subject: Nuclear Facility
260200Z	JAN	91	TTTT



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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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