SASSI experts identify Bushehr as main nuclear fal...

Summary

• ISLAMABAD: A new report by SASSI University has challenged viral claims that attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities could send radioactive clouds across Pakistan and Afghanistan describing the widely circulated map as misleading and unsupported by scientific evidence.
• According to the report the Natanz and Fordow enrichment facilities do not contain the same radioactive inventory as an operating nuclear power reactor.
• The report identifies the Bushehr nuclear power plant as the only Iranian facility with the potential to cause serious cross-border radiological consequences in the event of a severe accident.

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ISLAMABAD: A new report by SASSI University has challenged viral claims that attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities could send radioactive clouds across Pakistan and Afghanistan describing the widely circulated map as misleading and unsupported by scientific evidence.

Titled “Smoke and Mirrors: An Attack on Iranian Nuclear Facilities” the report has been authored by Muhammad Khaliq former head of the Nuclear Security Section at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Dr Maria Sultan president and chairperson of SASSI University.

The authors argue that assessing potential radioactive fallout requires facility-specific information including the type of nuclear material involved the extent of damage weather conditions and the nature of an attack. They say the viral map does not provide the scientific data or dispersion modelling needed to support its claims.