Sunday, May 16, 2010

Iraq dismantling nuclear plants


The Tuwaitha research complex in Iraq (11 miles southeast of Baghdad) is now being dismantled by engineers. The complex has been bombed numerous times in the past, and was the location for Saddam Hussein's production of a nuclear bomb. The engineers are finding their jobs difficult however, because of the nuclear contamination involved in the dismantling of this type of facility. The damage already done to the structure from previous bombings also makes the dismantling process more difficult. Officials are estimating the process to take decades, there are eighteen structures at Tuwaitha, and another ten around the country.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/16/iraq.nuclear.legacy/index.html

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