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To: DBrow
Uranium 235 and other goodies can be acquired at the Turkish Nuclear Bazar:

The 18 incidents are listed reverse chronological order.
CNS cannot confirm the veracity of these reports.
Click on date of incident for details and sources.

Material(s) seized
Date of Incident
 Origin of
Material(s)
Reported
Destination 
Location of Seizure
Suspects
“A certificate for the purchase of U-235;” 2.4kg lead  container with U-235; exact quantity of uranium in the container not reported 
28 May 1999
 Moldova
Not reported
Dounav Most, Bulgaria  (Bulgarian-Turkish Border)
One Turkish national 
100g enriched uranium or 5g uranium
2 Feb 1999
Azerbaijan
Greece
Bursa, Turkey
Four Turkish nationals 
4.5kg "nonactive" solid uranium and 6g "active" plutonium
7 Sep 1998
Russia or Ulba Metallurgy 
Plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Not reported
Istanbul, Turkey
Four Turkish national, three Kazakh nationals (including a Kazakh army colonel), and one Azerbaijani national
13 cylinders of uranium marked "UPAT UKA3 M8"
1 Jul 1998
Iran
Istanbul, Turkey
Van, Turkey
Five Turkish nationals and one Iranian national
850g uranium dioxide
26 May 1997
Not reported
Not reported
Bursa, Turkey
Four individuals (nationality not reported)
osmium (quantity not reported)
1 Apr 1997
Romania
Not reported
Turkey
Three individuals (nationality not reported)
509g "raw" uranium
4 Mar 1997
Georgia
Not reported
Ipsala, Edirne, Turkey
Three Turkish nationals
17g low-enriched uranium
Mar 1996
Golcuk, Kocaeli, Turkey 
Not reported
Antalya, Turkey
Eleven individuals (nationality not reported)
20kg uranium
Mar 1996
Russia
Not reported
Antalya, Turkey
Five Turkish nationals
1.2kg uranium or  1.128kg uranium
26 Jan 1996
Georgia
Libya
Yalova, Turkey
Two Turkish nationals
12g highly enriched uranium
22 Jan 1996
Georgia
Libya
Zurich, Switzerland
One Turkish national
1.7kg "red mercury" and 1kg "black mercury"
24 May 1995
Not reported
Turkey
Constanta, Romania
Two Turkish nationals and three Romanian nationals
750g weapons-grade or enriched U-238
19 Oct 1994
Baku, Azerbaijan
Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
One Azerbaijani national
12kg uranium
19 Jul 1994
Unspecified country of the FSU
Not reported
Istanbul, Turkey
Seven Turkish nationals
uranium (quantity not reported)
22 Apr 1994
Not reported
Russia
Istanbul, Turkey
One Turkish national, one Azerbaijani national, and a Russian national
4.5kg uranium
27 Nov 1993
Not reported
Not reported
Bursa, Turkey
Three Georgian nationals
2.5kg uranium enriched to 2.5-3.5 percent U-235
5 Oct 1993
Russia
Iran
Gayrettepe, Istanbul, Turkey
Four Turkish nationals and four Iranian nationals (suspected secret service agents)
6kg enriched uranium
Mar 1993
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Istanbul, Turkey
Not reported 
Not reported

* For sources and further details, see Sandi Arnold, "Factsheet on Reported Nuclear Trafficking Incidents Involving Turkey, 1993-1999," July 1999, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies.

66 posted on 12/04/2001 6:32:35 PM PST by Smogger
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To: Smogger
"Uranium 235 and other goodies can be acquired at the Turkish Nuclear Bazar: "

I'm not questioning that, just pointing out that U238 will not make a bomb. Nor will osmium or mercury of any color. Thanks for the link, but the table shown is full of irrelevant stuff if considering nuclear weapons.

68 posted on 12/04/2001 6:38:06 PM PST by DBrow
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