IAEA finds uranium at site bombed by Israel on 2007, Syria claims it was planted

Remember that site in Syria that the Israelis bombed last year, that was alleged to have been a nuclear facility constructed with assistance from North Korea? Well, the IAEA recently found some uranium at the site. Interesting, to say the least…

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said Monday the agency needs more transparency from Syria and other nations to determine whether traces of

uranium found at a site bombed by IAF planes indicate Damascus was building a nuclear reactor there.

IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei.
Photo: AP [file]

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei confirmed that the radioactive material was found at the site, but said the source was inconclusive.

“It’s not highly enriched

uranium. It could have come from so many different ways,” he told reporters in Dubai. “That’s why we’re looking at so many different scenarios.”

Uranium can be found naturally in low concentrations and must be “enriched” before it can be used in either power plants or nuclear weapons. Highly enriched

uranium is the type used in atomic bombs.

ElBaradei made the comments during and after a speech to business leaders in Dubai, just days before the IAEA is expected to circulate a confidential report to board members outlining the status of his agency’s investigation.

“We still have a lot of work to do. We haven’t yet reached a conclusion whether that was a

reactor or not a

reactor,” ElBaradei said.

This just keeps getting better and better…
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