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Should Israel Close Dimona?
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Arms Control Today
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May 1, 2008
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- Ramberg, Bennett
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The Radiological Consequences of a Military Strike on Israel's Plutonium-Production Reactor
Much ink has been spilled about apprehensions in Israel and the West that Iran could develop nuclear weapons, prompting calls in American, Israeli, and now even Arab circles for the application of military force to stop the mullahs. Yet, there is another, more immediate nuclear-related danger to the Jewish state that has received far less attention: the possibility that Israel's adversaries could use more easily acquired conventional weapons to force a deadly release of radioactivity from Israel's plutonium-production reactor at Dimona.
In Middle Eastern tit-for-tat, the concern generated currency ...
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Accounting of Israel's atomic bomb capabilities; The Bomb in the Basement:...
Cleveland Jewish News;
December 9, 2005 ;
Geduld, Herb;
643 words
......a party to the Dimona reactor and did not learn...subsequent years under Israeli supervision, but...nuclear weapons. Israel, according to Karpin...admitted that the (Dimona) reactor is used to produce...overlooking the Dimona reactor) know. American...have agonized over ...
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Man who disclosed Israel's nuclear program released from prison.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);
April 21, 2004 ;
787 words
......world is, open Dimona reactor for inspection...Hebrew to protest an Israeli restriction that...details of the Dimona reactor to the Sunday Times...to conclude that Israel had an arsenal...his work at the Dimona reactor. Defense Ministry...information about ...
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Top U.N. inspector visits Israel, hears worries about Iran Nuclear weapons...
Oakland Tribune;
July 8, 2004 ;
George Jahn, Associated Press;
633 words
...TEL AVIV, Israel -- The head of the U.N...the reactor linked to Israel's alleged weapons program...Atomic Energy Agency, saw Israel's Dimona reactor during a flight over the...which he was briefed on Israel's security needs. In the...accompanied by a top Israeli air force ...
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U.S.-Funded Report Urges Israel To Take First Step Toward Nuclear...
Forward;
November 25, 2005 ;
Nir, Ori;
787 words
......by the Pentagon urges Israel to take the first step...United States encourage Israel to "mothball" its Dimona...nuclear-related activities, Israel could offer to close the Dimona reactor and place the nuclear...international ally. If Israel's neighbors -- including...Jerusalem ...
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IAEA Chief Views Israel Nuclear Reactor
AP Online;
July 7, 2004 ;
GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer;
756 words
......the reactor linked to Israel's alleged weapons program...Atomic Energy Agency, saw Israel's Dimona reactor during a flight over the...which he was briefed on Israel's security needs. In the...ElBaradei was flown over Israel, accompanied by a top Israeli air force officer, ...
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Arab Ministers Slam Israel for Nuclear Activities
Xinhua News Agency;
November 1, 2000 ;
297 words
......on Wednesday, condemning Israel for continuing its nuclear...effects brought about by Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor in the...whole region. They said the Dimona reactor, whose shelf life has long...Minister Yusef Abu Safieh said Israel might have buried its nuclear...international ...
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Israel will take nuclear reactor off line.(World)
The Washington Times;
December 22, 1999 ;
Rabinovich, Abraham;
393 words
...JERUSALEM - Israel's nuclear reactor at Dimona in the Negev desert will be shut down Dec. 31 for the...history as the country braces for the year 2000. Although Israel rarely issues public statements concerning the Dimona reactor, where it is suspected to have produced material for...reports ...
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Manes Pratt, builder of Israel's A-reactor
Chicago Sun-Times;
March 12, 1987 ;
Jay Bushinsky;
323 words
......Pratt, 76, the engineer who designed and built Israel's top-secret atomic reactor at Dimona, deep in...Pratt organized its engineer units. He set up the Israel Defense Forces' ordnance corps after the Jewish...he was sent to Burma as military attache at the Israeli Embassy in Rangoon and was ...
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Israel is lifting the veil on its nuclear program Internet site offers...
International Herald Tribune;
July 6, 2004 ;
Greg Myre;
554 words
......interview in December with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, ElBaradei said he presumed that Israel had a nuclear arsenal. The Web site notes that Israel has two nuclear research...silhouette of the dome-shaped Dimona reactor at sunset, from a great...common knowledge. In May, Israel's ...
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Israel's nuclear statement resonates sound of silence. (refusal to declare...
Insight on the News;
March 27, 1995 ;
787 words
...Israel's nuclear policy, ever since U.S. monitors discovered the Dimona Reactor in the Negev in 1961, has been...leaves nations guessing whether Israel has the capability to produce...same time emphasizing that Israel would never be the first to...technician told one newspaper that ...
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Israeli anti-nuclear activists warn of potential disaster. Vigil at Tel...
Jerusalem Post;
August 6, 2007 ;
RORY KRESS;
589 words
......Post 08-06-2007 Headline: Israeli anti-nuclear activists warn...Cinematheque calling to open the Dimona reactor to inspection planned for...is planned for the Negev, Israeli opponents of nuclear energy...Aviv on Monday evening. The Israeli Committee for a Middle East...supplying nuclear ...
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Peres Happy with Israel's Nuclear Policy.
Israel Faxx;
October 11, 2006 ;
149 words
...By Israel Faxx News Services Shimon Peres said he sees no reason for Israel to go public with its nuclear capabilities. The Israeli vice premier, who helped found the Dimona reactor a half-century ago, said Monday that...American Jewish audience in 2003 that Israel has nuclear weapons, ...
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Israel and America: a special relationship at risk.
The Economist (US);
January 21, 1989 ;
787 words
...ISRAEL AND AMERICA A special relationship at risk IN JULY 1986 Israel's defence minister, Mr Yitzhak Rabin, gave a lecture in...the values in fact shared? And do both peoples think so? Israel's image is changing. In 1986 Mr Rabin was known to Americans...
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Group Aims to Cast Israel in a More Positive Light
Seven Days;
June 14, 2006 ;
Picard, Ken;
787 words
...ISRAEL CENTER OF VERMONT VERMONT - "Israel-occupied White House." "Who let the Zionists out?" "Iraq, Haiti...Jewish state. To counter the tendency, last spring they founded the Israel Center of Vermont. The nonprofit's goal is to give Vermonters...
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