Secret Nuclear Past Exposed: Uranium Found at Bombed Syrian Reactor
The IAEA found processed uranium particles at a Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007, contradicting Assad’s claim it was only a military base.
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A new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reveals that non-enriched uranium remnants were found at the nuclear reactor in Deir ez-Zor, which was bombed and destroyed by Israel in 2007.
The report details that renewed searches that began last year included taking samples from three locations at the site. In one of these samples, a significant amount of uranium remnants was found. According to the report, these remnants were created as a result of a chemical process and were not enriched.
The al-Julani administration in Syria claimed it has no information explaining the presence of the remnants, but pledged full cooperation with the IAEA. Within this framework, the agency was given additional access to the area for collecting additional samples. The IAEA requested that the Syrian administration return to the site in the coming months to conduct an additional search and speak with people who were involved in nuclear activity in the past.
According to the article, the IAEA already determined in 2011 that the site was a nuclear reactor that should have been reported. The Israeli attack that destroyed the reactor on September 6, 2007, was kept secret for a long period, and only in March 2018 did Israel officially take responsibility for the attack. Half a year after the attack, an American source revealed that the reactor was built with North Korean assistance.