Unclear Physics by Braut-Hegghammer Malfrid;
Author:Braut-Hegghammer, Malfrid;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781501706455
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3)
REQUESTING A RESEARCH REACTOR
In December 1970, the Ministry of Industry was contemplating not only a program for uranium exploration but also a nuclear energy program. In late 1971 and the spring of 1972, several requests for further IAEA assistance were made by the Department of International Organizations and Technical Cooperation at the Ministry of Unity and Foreign Affairs. The University of Tripoli also wanted to expand its resources in the nuclear field and, in 1971, its Physics Department requested assistance from the IAEA to acquire a 2-megawatt research reactor with supporting facilities. IAEA experts saw this request, and especially the additional facilities requested by the Libyans, as an indication that the state was âbeginning to embark upon studies in atomic energy.â129
The University of Tripoliâs Physics Department wanted the research reactor to be located in the Tripoli area, as part of a broader effort to develop research and training resources in the field of nuclear energy, including âfacilities for material testing and isotope production.â130 The request was framed as part of a broad expansion of Libyaâs technical and scientific education. As the IAEA report noted: âMany other small projects requested by the Libyan University for Benghazi Campus and Tripoli are under study and are of major importance. The execution of these projects requires several tens of millions of dinars which will constitute a heavy burden on the Libyan budget.â131
The university explained to IAEA representatives that they wanted such a reactor for training and research in the field of nuclear energy.132 The Libyan nuclear establishment saw the next logical step as acquiring a power reactor, which they expected to obtain during the early 1980s. The IAEA challenged this assumption, and an agency expert noted in a 1973 report to the Libyan government:
It is recognized that a nuclear research centre, including a research reactor, can contribute greatly to the development of a nuclear power programme [but] it is not a strictly necessary prerequisite to the introduction of nuclear power. Concern was expressed regarding the high drain which would be caused on already scarce scientific manpower. A research reactor did not, therefore, appear to be of a high order of priority. The general view was that while a research reactor may well be incorporated into long-term plans, it was realized and agreed that a programme which would be of more immediate importance and would make a far greater contribution to the countryâs general development would be one in radioisotope applications in agriculture, medicine, industry, etc.133
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