Thanks for the link, it’s actually worse than the Thread article, the United States is blocking sales of ALL Nuclear Research hardware and equipment to the Nuclear Research Universities in Israel, including Ben-Gurion, which includes nuclear radiation detection equipment for civilian population protection.
From your link :
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/090/174.html?hp=0&loc=101&tmp=9022#after_maavaron
Professor Zeev Alfasi, Head of Nuclear Engineering Department at Ben - Gurion, who knows what is going on, describing the deterioration of the American attitude regarding the nuclear reactor. “Some people did not receive visas to the United States because they are employees of Nuclear Research Center,” explained Professor Alfasi, “The United States does not sell anything nuclear to the Nuclear Research Center, which includes everything. Radiation detectors, for example, the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona has buyers in France, that Americans are not knowning about for Nuclear Research Center. “