Radiation issues in Iraq

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Iraq Diaries
All things Radioactive

Anna Bachmann, Electronic Iraq
8 April 2004

Just after my arrival in Iraq several weeks ago, I located the new Iraqi
Ministry of Environment and talked to Dr. Ali Azziz, the Ministry Advisor.
I spoke with him about my interest in looking at the issues of Depleted
Uranium and radiation exposure at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Facility
just south of Baghdad (this facility was looted after the war because the
U.S. Military failed to secure it. Many barrels of yellow cake uranium and
other materials were dumped at the site and the barrels removed to be used
by community members for things like water and food storage).

Dr. Azziz told me that if I was interested in Radiation issues and
Tuwaitha, I should talk to Dr. Bushra at the Radiation Center in Jadryia
neighborhood of Baghdad. I have since visited Dr. Bushra and her facility
about a half a dozen times and each visit opens up completely new
questions.

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And so begin the odyssey of pleasant discussions on the unpleasant topic
of radiation and Depleted Uranium that stretched over the course of the
next six weeks. The Radiation Center was started in 1971 and is in charge
of all sources of radioactivity in the country of Iraq. This includes any
radioactive materials in hospitals, universities and industry as well as
all radioactive waste. They are responsible for routine and emergency
environmental monitoring for radiation.

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for the entire story, see
http://electroniciraq.net/news/1449.shtml
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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