Satellite images confirm completion of heavy water plant BEFORE (2001) AFTER (2004) WASHINGTON — Iran has virtually completed a heavy water plant designed to produce plutonium, a key element in nuclear weapons. A U.S. institute has released satellite images that point to the near completion of the Iranian heavy water plant at Arak. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security said the plant would contain a nuclear reactor that could eventually produce plutonium for one atomic bomb per year. "Adjacent to the reactor construction site [in Arak] is the heavy water production plant, which is almost completed and is...