Burma's Nuke ReactorA former senior U.N. nuclear official has voiced doubt about allegations that military-ruled Burma was trying to develop atom bombs, saying available evidence did not support the claim.
"It doesn't look like ... this is a kind of nuclear weapons programme which is steaming ahead. Actually, they are producing condensed-milk cans- not nuclear reactors" said Olli Heinonen, who stepped down in August as head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's inspections worldwide.
"Some of the machines they've been making or some of the products they've been making are very crude, probably because they haven't been having outside help. There's one item that's a burning chamber that has two pipes coming out of it," she said. "Bob [Robert Kelley, former IAEA chief] remarked to me that his plumber could have done a better job than that. I mean it is very crude welding.", head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's inspections added.
"It doesn't look like ... this is a kind of nuclear weapons programme which is steaming ahead. Actually, they are producing condensed-milk cans- not nuclear reactors" said Olli Heinonen, who stepped down in August as head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's inspections worldwide.
"Some of the machines they've been making or some of the products they've been making are very crude, probably because they haven't been having outside help. There's one item that's a burning chamber that has two pipes coming out of it," she said. "Bob [Robert Kelley, former IAEA chief] remarked to me that his plumber could have done a better job than that. I mean it is very crude welding.", head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's inspections added.
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