US EditionWhat Are the Nuclear Contamination Risks From Israel's Attacks on Iran?
- Israel announced a series of attacks on Iranian nuclear sites including Natanz, Arak, Isfahan and Tehran in June 2023, aiming to halt Iran's atomic bomb development.
- The strikes targeted the partially built heavy-water reactor at Arak , which was not operational, and the underground Natanz enrichment facility with no reported radiation release.
- Experts noted that attacks on front-end uranium facilities primarily cause chemical hazards from uranium hexafluoride gas, while damage to large reactors like Bushehr could cause severe radiological fallout.
- Professor Peter Bryant explained that while managing the consequences within the facility is important, nuclear plants are built to handle such situations, and he currently considers the risk of radioactive fallout to be minimal.
- Gulf states highly depend on desalinated water—Qatar and Bahrain fully rely on it, and Saudi Arabia supplies 50 percent from desalination—raising concerns about contamination risks after regional nuclear attacks.
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What are the nuclear contamination risks from Israel’s attacks on Iran?
Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear installations so far pose only limited risks of contamination, experts say. But they warn that any attack on the country’s nuclear power station at Bushehr could cause a nuclear disaster. Israel says it is determined to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities in its military campaign, but that it also wants to avoid any nuclear disaster in a region that is home to tens of millions of people and produces much of the…
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