Algeria, China Teamed On Nuke ; '91 Documents Declassified

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Newly declassified U.S. government documents confirm the U.S. government suspected China was helping Algeria build a secret facility in 1991 for developing nuclear weapons.

The 15-megawatt reactor is now a research center about 80 miles south of the Algerian capital of Algiers, and has been brought under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) controls.

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Algeria, China Teamed On Nuke ; '91 Documents Declassified

However, the once-classified reports show the joint Chinese- Algerian nuclear project was kept secret from the 1980s until its existence was first disclosed by The Washington Times on April 11, 1991.

The disclosure s...

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