Sihala Enrichment Plant
| Other Name: | N/A |
|---|---|
| Location: | Approximately 20km SE of Islamabad |
| Subordinate To: | Unknown |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Facility Status: | Unknown |
The Sihala Enrichment Facility is reportedly a pilot enrichment plant built in 1978 using equipment and technology clandestinely acquired from Western states. The facility is not under IAEA safeguards, and no further open source information is available on its current operational status.
Source: Jeffrey T. Richelson, Spying on the Bomb (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007), pp. 330-332; Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and the Rise of Proliferation Networks (International Institute for Strategic Studies: London, 2007).
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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