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Machine-Building Plant (Elemash)
March 6, 2013Established in 1917, this facility manufactured munitions before it was redirected toward production for the USSR's military and civil nuclear programs. In 1954, Elemash began to produce fuel assemblies, including for the first nuclear power plant in the world, located in Obninsk. In 1959, the facility produced the fuel for the Soviet Union's first icebreaker. Its fuel assembly ...
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Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK)
March 6, 2013Established in 1953 in Tomsk-7 (now known as Seversk), the Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK) played an important role in the Soviet nuclear weapons program. The facility produced plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU), and fabricated HEU and plutonium warhead components.[1] Five plutonium production reactors, a reprocessing facility, a uranium enrichment plant, and a ...
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Japanese Firm Reportedly Sold Nuclear Machinery to Libya
March 12, 2004A Japanese company sold nuclear machinery to Libya in the 1980s, according to diplomats, Reuters reported today (see GSN, March 10).
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Germany, France, U.K. Criticize Iran Nuclear Moves; IAEA Says Tehran “Managed” Inspectors
April 1, 2004Three European nations yesterday offered sharp criticism of Iran’s plan to process uranium, while an internal report by the International Atomic Energy Agency contradicted Iran’s claims that it granted unrestricted access to inspectors, the Los Angeles Times reported (see GSN, March 31).
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Tweaked Iran Resolution Makes IAEA Rounds
June 15, 2004VIENNA — Key European countries today circulated an updated draft resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors meeting calling on Iran to reconsider its decisions to conduct test runs of uranium-hexafluoride production at its uranium conversion facility and to build a heavy-water nuclear reactor (see GSN, June 14).
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U.S.-Russian “Megatons to Megawatts” Program Has Eliminated Equivalent of 9,000 Warheads
Oct. 6, 2004WASHINGTON — The U.S.-Russian “Megatons to Megawatts” program has so far eliminated the equivalent of 9,000 nuclear warheads, the U.S. Enrichment Corp. announced yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 16).
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U.S. Protests Iranian Nuclear Activity; Iranian Official Says Nuclear Quest Linked to Economy
Oct. 7, 2004The United States yesterday criticized Iran’s announcement that it is converting an undisclosed portion of 37 tons of raw uranium into uranium hexafluoride gas, a feed material for uranium enrichment. Iranian officials said yesterday that the processing was a test run (see GSN, Oct. 6).
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Tennessee Facility Begins Converting Weapon-Grade Uranium for Nuclear Power Reactors
Oct. 14, 2004Nuclear Fuel Services of Tennessee has begun downblending 33 metric tons of weapon-grade uranium into commercial reactor fuel for electricity production by the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 13).
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U.S. Adviser to Iraq Proposes Converting Former Nuclear Weapons Plant to Civilian Complex
Nov. 12, 2004WASHINGTON — A U.S. adviser to the Iraqi National Academy of Science has proposed converting the al-Tuwaitha complex, the main site in Iraq’s former nuclear weapons efforts, into a civilian scientific research site (see GSN, Oct. 18).
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U.S. Conducts 100th Shipment of Low-Enriched Uranium for Conversion Into Civilian Fuel
Nov. 22, 2004The United States has conducted the 100th shipment of low-enriched uranium, created from surplus weapon-grade material, to a facility in Tennessee for conversion into civilian nuclear power plant fuel, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced last week (see GSN, Oct. 6).
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Congress Designates $300 Million for U.S. MOX Site
Nov. 24, 2004The fiscal 2005 Omnibus Appropriations bill approved by Congress on Saturday includes $300 million for construction of a facility to convert weapon-grade plutonium into mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel for use by U.S. nuclear power plants, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Oct. 13).
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Defunct U.S.-Backed Conversion Program for Soviet Military Factories Produced Successes, Advocates Say
Dec. 15, 2004The U.S.-financed conversion program for former Soviet Union defense factories saw some successes in its two-year history, despite Congress’ decision in 1996 to kill the project, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, July 8).
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