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  • The group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, provided the first public evidence that the Iranians were building a huge underground enrichment plant near Natanz, in the central part of the country, and planning for a heavy-water reactor near Arak, in northern Iran.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • The new structure is roughly the same size and shape as two plutonium-producing heavy-water reactors located a few hundreds yards away in the heavily guarded compound, according to an analysis by the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington organization that studies nuclear proliferation.

    Nuclear experts say Pakistan may be building 4th plutonium reactor Joby Warrick 2011

  • The group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, provided the first public evidence that the Iranians were building a huge underground enrichment plant near Natanz, in the central part of the country, and planning for a heavy-water reactor near Arak, in northern Iran.

    Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

  • The first heavy-water reactor at Khushab became operational in 1996, and a second reactor was inaugurated about a year ago.

    Nuclear experts say Pakistan may be building 4th plutonium reactor Joby Warrick 2011

  • This sketch shows the route the saboteurs planned to take into the basement where the heavy-water cells were located.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • The failed mission enraged the Norwegians and succeeded only in convincing the Germans to move their entire heavy-water operation out of Norway, to Germany.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Iran would suspend enrichment activity and its work on a heavy-water nuclear research reactor, and cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency to answer a host of questions about its previous, often secretive nuclear activities.

    Speed Bumps, and an Exit, on Iran's Nuclear Road 2010

  • The raid on the heavy-water plant would take place in two nights.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • When he arrived, he discovered that the town was swarming with German troops and Gestapo men, all searching for the “terrorists” who had destroyed the heavy-water plant.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • As they descended a mountain and approached a road above the gorge, Haukelid got his first glimpse of the heavy-water plant.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

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