Developments in Nuclear Weapons Around the World

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You are talking about the Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center, it has 2 nuclear reactors named TR-1 and TR-2.

TR-1 was shut down. Is TR-2 still running? Any chance Turkey has secretly added more research reactors?
 

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richment technology, including centrifuges. And while the International Atomic Energy Agency has raised concerns about other countries in the region, such as Iran, Israel, Iraq and Syria, it has not done so about Turkiye’s nuclear activities yet. In fact, the Akkuyu NPP’s BOO scheme cannot facilitate any nuclear military ambit

"Turkey Eliminates Highly Enriched Uranium in Its Territory"

 

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Article is locked. could you give a summary?

back in 2014 Abdullah Gul the then President i think of Turkiye handed over something like 200Kg of highly enriched uranium. No one asked him how Turkey got it. I think that its an open secret within NATO that Turkey has had the means to enrich uranium for many decades.
 

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This is the same article from a Turkish source:

Nowadays it‘s even more difficult to illegally extract HEU from research reactors. Most of them used high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) of up to 20% in the past which would have to be enriched further to 93% highly enriched uranium (HEU) using gas centrifuges.

The HEU of Turkish sole active research reactor TR-2 was already moved back to USA (news source from 2017):

„The TR-2, a 5MWs research reactor located at the Cekmece nuclear research and training centre in Istanbul, was commissioned in 1981 and initially used high enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to conduct research and training and to produce radioisotopes.

In order to decrease nuclear proliferation risks and perform reactor upgrades, the reactor was shut down in 2009 and converted to use LEU fuel. The HEU fuel was shipped back to the United States in 2009. The TAEK is currently seeking regulatory approval to restart the reactor using LEU fuel.“


 
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back in 2014 Abdullah Gul the then President i think of Turkiye handed over something like 200Kg of highly enriched uranium. No one asked him how Turkiye got it. I think that its an open secret within NATO that Turkiye has had the means to enrich uranium for many decades.
Any credible source for that, can‘t find any in English?
 

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Any credible source for that, can‘t find any in English?

i'm looking for it, but it seems like they were taken down. But i'm 100% sure i read it back in the day i even shared back in the day. Because if it even shocked me that out of nowhere we had highly enriched uranium and then i asked myself why were AK party giving it away.
 

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With so many nuclear armed nations threatening Turkiye it becomes negligent not to pursue such things.
That‘s true. I‘m only reacting to members who post unfounded views, that building a nuclear bomb would be easy and a piece of uranium cake. It‘s not - even if you have technical knowledge.

It‘s nearly impossible nowadays to enrich Uranium with gas centrifuges (10.000 and more needed) and breed Plutonium undetected. South Africa pulled that off once. Iran got sanctioned into economic meltdown, Syria‘s secret reactor built with North Korean help got air striked and destroyed.

Pakistan is the only nuclear proliferation state with the Khan ring that did it for money: They got shafted so hard by America. Look at their economy now, it‘s falling apart.
 
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back in 2014 Abdullah Gul the then President i think of Turkiye handed over something like 200Kg of highly enriched uranium. No one asked him how Turkiye got it. I think that its an open secret within NATO that Turkiye has had the means to enrich uranium for many decades.
According to the news that I read in previous years, but not certain, that 5.4 kilograms of enriched uranium was delivered to the USA. 200 kilos is not very convincing in terms of numbers anyway.
 

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According to the news that I read in previous years, but not certain, that 5.4 kilograms of enriched uranium was delivered to the USA. 200 kilos is not very convincing in terms of numbers anyway.

From what I have read, the HEU was from TR-2. They've also changed TR-2 from HEU to LEU now.
 

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From what I have read, the HEU was from TR-2. They've also changed TR-2 from HEU to LEU now.
Than it would be HEU of US origin as I mentioned before.
In order to decrease nuclear proliferation risks and perform reactor upgrades, the reactor was shut down in 2009 and converted to use LEU fuel. The HEU fuel was shipped back to the United States in 2009
 

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According to the news that I read in previous years, but not certain, that 5.4 kilograms of enriched uranium was delivered to the USA. 200 kilos is not very convincing in terms of numbers anyway.

maybe but i remember even discussing the issue with my dad when i read it. But i can't find the original article online, i just know it was Abdullah gul who handed it over.
 

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Either way Nuclear weapons has to be a serious discussion, americans, russians, french, isrealis and iran are potential and serious threats. No other nation is being threatened by all of them at once.

And again its not about Turks getting these things because they want to use them, its about keeping our enemies honest that they can no longer unilaterally threaten us with such things.

south korea is legitimately protected by the USA, we are not protected by anyone.
 

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Either way Nuclear weapons has to be a serious discussion, americans, russians, french, isrealis and iran are potential and serious threats. No other nation is being threatened by all of them at once.

And again its not about Turks getting these things because they want to use them, its about keeping our enemies honest that they can no longer unilaterally threaten us with such things.

south korea is legitimately protected by the USA, we are not protected by anyone.
Türkiye 100% needs Nukes no ifs and buts. Too many cunts that are against us.
 

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Either way Nuclear weapons has to be a serious discussion, americans, russians, french, isrealis and iran are potential and serious threats. No other nation is being threatened by all of them at once.

And again its not about Turks getting these things because they want to use them, its about keeping our enemies honest that they can no longer unilaterally threaten us with such things.

south korea is legitimately protected by the USA, we are not protected by anyone.
In nuclear we are legally protected by Pakistan. :D :p :sneaky:
 

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In nuclear we are legally protected by Pakistan. :D :p :sneaky:

When the saudis told the pakistanis not to attend a Muslim meeting because Turkey was there they obeyed, if in minor things they cannot be relied on why do we expect them to help us in serious things?

I like to think Pakistani has our back, but its not the way to run a serious state.

In the recent airport thing in afghanistan, wasnt pakistan working to undermine our position there also?
 

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When the saudis told the pakistanis not to attend a Muslim meeting because Turkiye was there they obeyed, if in minor things they cannot be relied on why do we expect them to help us in serious things?

I like to think Pakistani has our back, but its not the way to run a serious state.

In the recent airport thing in afghanistan, wasnt pakistan working to undermine our position there also?
I said jokingly, we always hear such words from the lips of their leaders.
 

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Either way Nuclear weapons has to be a serious discussion, americans, russians, french, isrealis and iran are potential and serious threats. No other nation is being threatened by all of them at once.

And again its not about Turks getting these things because they want to use them, its about keeping our enemies honest that they can no longer unilaterally threaten us with such things.

south korea is legitimately protected by the USA, we are not protected by anyone.
Since NK missiles can reach US homeland, no one believes that Washington would trade LA or San Francisco for Seoul. The nuclear umbrella has become full of holes.

Therefore 70% of South Korean population is for arming with nuclear weapons. SK will go nuclear in the next 2 decades IMO and Japan will follow suit.
 

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