Remarks in Rjukan, Norway Despite its small size, Norway has made a large contribution to the spread of nuclear weapons–essentially by selling heavy water. According to the Norwegian government, by…
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Listed below is a collection of the Wisconsin Project’s work in the late 1980s on Norway’s heavy water exports to Israel, India, and South Africa. The Project revealed that Norway had the right to inspect the heavy water sent to Israel, which was used to produce plutonium in violation of a peaceful use pledge.
Israel’s A-Bombs and Norway’s Heavy Water: The Steps to Revelation
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Israel’s Reactor in Full Swing – With Norwegian Heavy Water
Aftenposten July 6, 1989, p. 5 Israel’s Dimona reactor is working fine. Every year, its Norwegian heavy water makes about 32 kilograms of plutonium, which the C.I.A. says is going…
3 Scandals Oslo Must Put to Rest
International Herald Tribune October 7, 1988, p. 6 WASHINGTON – Norway is facing three scandals this fall, all caused by the sale of heavy water, which is used in nuclear…
Norway’s Heavy Water Scandals
Aftenposten (Oslo) September 14, 1988 This autumn, Norway faces three heavy water scandals. Israel is running the Dimona reactor–which the CIA says is making plutonium for atomic bombs–by using Norwegian heavy…
A Heavy Water Whitewash
Arbeiderbladet (Oslo) April 20, 1988 Seventeen months ago, the world learned of Norway’s nuclear deal with Israel. The deal was simple: Israel got 20 tons of heavy water and Norway…
New Nuclear Follies?
The New York Times November 25, 1987, p. A27 For nearly 30 years, countries have sold nuclear materials around the world with the requirements that the importing nations promise to…
Heavy Water Cheaters
Foreign Policy Winter 1987-1988, p. 100-119 Civilian nuclear exports are founded on two assumptions: No country will export a crucial item without requiring a pledge of peaceful use or use…
How Many Norwegian A-Bombs Do You Have?
Arbeiderbladet (Oslo) October 24, 1987 At the end of last month, Israel finally rejected Norway’s request for international inspection of the heavy water Norway sent to Israel in 1959. Norway wanted…
Israel’s Answer a Fabrication
Arbeiderbladet May 11, 1987 In 1965, Kirk Douglas led a group of courageous Norwegians across the silver screen to Telemark. Their objective? Norwegian heavy water. They would — and did…