nuclear-news

“…Prosecutors have arrested 22 people as they investigate alleged widespread corruption surrounding Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power’s (KHNP’s) procurement processes…”

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C_KHNP_corruption_arrests_1206121.html

Nuclear Threat in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Case Against Turkey’s Akkuyu Nuclear Plant

2000

“….Concerns about Turkey’s potential involvement in nuclear weapons proliferation have continued in the
1990s. International pressure was required in 1990-91 to force an end to joint plans by Argentina and Turkey
to build the CAREM-15, a 25 MW reactor in their respective countries. If the rating was 25 MW thermal, the
electrical rating would have probably peaked at about 9 or 10 MWe, although the Argentine representatives
suggested that the reactor could also be used for district heating or desalination.[323] Yalcin Sanalan, a
former Director of TAEA was more frank when he stated that the CAREM-25 was “…too small for electricity
generation and too big for research or training, however, very suitable for plutonium production” thus making
it a very real proliferation risk. American opposition to the joint Argentine/Turkish project was made

clear[324] , and Sanalan “concluded that such an ambiguous project would decrease the chances of Turkey in
its current and future quest for large-scale nuclear power plants…”.[325] Although the nuclear cooperation
agreement between Turkey and Argentina has remained in place, Turkey cancelled the reactor project in
1991, following pressure from the United States and others.[326]….”

Page 68

http://www.cnp.ca/issues/nuc-threat-mediterranean.pdf

Back to the Future
Argentina Unravels

Douglas Farah, Senior Fellow Transparency and Financial Investigations
International Assessment and Strategy Cente

Jan 2013

Figure 2: Map of Argentina showing its two nuclear power plants. Image taken from
http://www.icjt.org/npp/drzava.php?drzava=1

“…

Argentina’s growing economic crisis has also significantly increased Iran’s economic
leverage: the Islamic republic is a significant buyer of Argentine wheat, soy, beef and
other agricultural products. Since 2006, bilateral trade has increased notably, with
Argentina running a significant trade surplus. From 2007 to 2008, Argentinian
exports to Iran almost tripled, from $100 million to $266 million. By 2009,
Argentina’s exports to Iran reached $855.4 million while its imports were just $9.4
million. Exports for 2011 are estimated to be about $2 billion.23
Perhaps the most interesting component to the new relationship is the possibility of
Argentina aiding Iran in its nuclear program, for which there is a precedent but
which would represent a clear rupture with the international community aligned
with the United States and Europe. While the possibility of nuclear cooperation is
viewed as remote by many analysts, the little-studied precedents make such
collaboration feasible.
At the time of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy, Argentina was engaged in
discussions about training Iranian scientists at Argentina’s nuclear facility, and,
through 1993, it delivered promised shipments of low-enriched uranium for Iran’s
nuclear program….”

Page 14

http://www.strategycenter.net/docLib/20121204_Farah_BackToTheFuture.pdf