Gadwal Uranium Enrichment Plant
| Other Name: | N/A |
|---|---|
| Location: | Approximately 30km west of Islamabad |
| Subordinate To: | Unknown |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Facility Status: | Unknown |
The Gadwal Uranium Enrichment Plant is reportedly a secondary enrichment plant located 30 kilometers west of Islamabad. The facility is not under IAEA safeguards, and no further information is available on its current operational status or enrichment capacity.
Source: Global Fissile Material Report 2009, Chapter 1, International Panel on Fissile Materials, December 2009, www.fissilematerials.org; Jonathan S. Landay, "Despite Taliban turmoil, Pakistan expands nuke plants," McClatchy Newspapers, 1 May 2009, www.lexisnexis.com.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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