NTI: Country Overviews: Syria: Nuclear Import/Export

Nuclear Imports

Country/ Organization	Item(s)	Date(s)	Comments
IAEA	Nuclear analytical laboratory	1982-1990
USSR	Feasibility study for the construction of a nuclear power reactor	May 1983	Planned; agreement abandoned due to financial constraints.
IAEA	Nuclear training laboratory	1984-1987
USSR	Nuclear research center, 10MW research reactor	June 1985	Planned; agreement abandoned due to financial constraints.
USSR	"nuclear weapons"	12 October 1985	Allegation denied by USSR spokesman.
IAEA, Canada	Micro-plant facility; spare parts and chemicals to enable yellowcake recovery form phosphoric acid	1986-1992
IAEA	Parts and components for nuclear electronics laboratory	1986-1996
Argentina	10MW research reactor	1990-1995	Negotiations break down due of political pressure on the Argentine government to abandon the deal.
USSR	Four VVER-1000 nuclear power reactors	April 1990	Abandoned due to financial and technical difficulties.
China	30KW Miniature Neutron Source Reactor	1991	Construction begins in 1991; reactor goes critical in March 1996.
India	5MW research reactor	1991	Abandoned due to pressure from the United States.
France, Spain, Namibia	Yellowcake	3 August 1992	Transaction not concluded.
IAEA	Non-destructive testing laboratory	1993
IAEA	Neutron activation analytical laboratory equipment	1995-1999
IAEA, Belgium	Cyclotron; cyclotron facility	1996	Cyclotron constructed by Belgium’s Ion Beam Applications.
IAEA	Ion beam accelerator; accelerator facility	1997
Russia	Nuclear Research Center; 25MW light water pool-type research reactor; training	June-July 1998
Russia	Two nuclear reactors	22 May 1999
Russia	Tri-superphosphate factory; nitric fertilizer plant; phosphate fertilizers plant	2001	Planned; unclear whether agreement was ever concluded.
U.S., Makad International	500,000t/year triple superphosphate plant	May 2001	Construction delayed due to financial difficulties; unclear whether this plant is the same plant discussed with Russia (see previous entry).
Russia	Nuclear power plant and atomic seawater-desalination plant	January 2003	Spokesman for Russian Foreign Ministry denied existence of any agreement or negotiations with Syria on this subject.
IAEA	Hot Cells	8 April 2005

Key sources: Nucleonics Week, Nuclear Fuel, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, Mednews, Nuclear Ambitions: The Spread of Nuclear Weapons 1989-1990, IAEA, Wall Street Journal.


	Updated December 2005

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