国际原子能机构总干事拉斐尔·格罗西证实，叙利亚在阿萨德政权统治期间正在建造的核反应堆被配置为"非常高效地生产可直接用于核武器制造的裂变材料"1。叙利亚新政府上台后改变立场，同意允许国际原子能机构视察员进入该国核设施，使这一发现成为可能。
新政府于7月17日向国际原子能机构通报了一个包含核材料的地点1。视察员在8月访问时发现了约73吨天然铀金属，形式为燃料棒1。这些核材料已被置于国际原子能机构的保障措施下。视察员为了接近隐藏的核材料，不得不"拆除墙壁"并穿过"非常困难和狭窄的通道"1。
叙利亚在阿萨德统治下运营的核计划从未申报，一直被该政权否认1。
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has determined that a nuclear reactor constructed during Syria's Assad regime was specifically configured to produce fissile material suitable for nuclear weapons.1 According to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, the facility was engineered to generate material that could be "very efficiently" used directly for nuclear weapons manufacturing.1
The discovery came after Syria's new government granted IAEA inspectors access to nuclear sites previously undisclosed under Assad's rule.1 During an August inspection, investigators uncovered approximately 73 tons of natural uranium metal stored at a hidden location in Deir ez-Zor province.1 Syria had notified the IAEA of the site's existence on July 17.1 To reach the concealed nuclear materials, inspectors were required to dismantle walls and navigate through extremely narrow and difficult passages.1 The uranium has been placed under IAEA safeguards.1
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