F$ 13- 1 3 I t JJ f Department Jj State JELEGR FBOO OOI - 0 4 7 4 SECRE f PAGE 01 OTTAWA 01980 092234Z 80 ACTION SS 30 INFO 030 W R 0922222 JUL 68 F'M AMEMBASSY OTTAWA TO SECST TE WASHDC 3403 INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI SECRET OTTAWA 1980 EXOIS SUBJECT1 INDIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM REFERENCE1 STATE 194929 I• USAEC SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATIVE RAMSE Y INTERVI EWE DRo G• C• LAWRENCE PRESIDENT OF' ATOMIC E ERGY CO TROL BOARD AND DR• D• He DEWAR CHIEF' SPECIAL ADVISER ON JULY 9 REGARDING RESULTS RECENT SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION RAJASTAN ATOMIC POWER PLANT IRAPP•I I A O CA ADA INDIA REACTOR ICIRI BY AECB INSPECTORS• 2o LAWRENCE SAID SCOPE Or CIR INSPE CTION LIMITED TO SURVEY OF CANADIAN SUPPLlED FUEL• HE NOTED lNSPECTlON SO LIMITED WAS FUTlLE FOR DETECTION OF' WEAPONS ACTIVITY• 3• LAWRENCE REVEALED INDIANS DISCHARGING INDIA•PROOUCED FUEL IRRADIS TED IN CIR AT LOW EXPOS URE WHICH PRODUCES WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM• OR• DEWAR NOTED THAT MAX OUTPUT OF 12KG• PER YEAR FROM REACTOR POSSIBLE• 4o LAWRENCE SAID THERE MAY BE TWO REASONS FOR SHORT EX OSURE1 I I I WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM - - ucr 10 1 ANO 12 CORROSION OF FUEL CLAD IN CIR NECE SIT l 3 PREMATURE DISCHARGE HE SAio TES TS SHOWED INDIAN FABR ICATED UEL OF GOOD QUALITY BUT CORROSION HAO BEEN PROBLEM l Lr OPERATION s LAW RE NCE COULD NOT co · iii N l DIAN REPROCESSING O ERATION DEClASSIFJED EO 13526 - 3 3 W0'2 7NARA 5' ' Data By 15$ _ J 1 - sn REI I NOT TO BE R PRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION O ECLASSIFIED Autho ·ty NN 91AOCQ ARY J I Department of State FannooI - o4 7 5 TELEGRAJJ SECRET PAGE 02 OTTAWA 01980 0922342 AS ACCESS WAS NEITH ER SOUGHT NOR VOLUNTERRED THIS INSPECTION• 60 I N THE OPINION OF THE AEC SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATIVE HERE THE UNSETTLING QTE DISCOVERY UNQTE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF STATE'S 194949 IS PROBABLY THE EARLY DISCHARGE OF FUEL REFLECTING POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM• 7o LAWRENCE SAID THAT AECB COULD ONLY SPECULATE ON INDIAN DEVELOPMENT OF WEAPONS DEVICES HE SAID NO OTHER EVIDENCE SU CH AS ELECTRONIC DEVELOPMENT OR SPECIAL METALLURGY ASSOCIATED WIT WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT WAS OBSERVEDo ' • SEC f- - ECLASSIFIED ' r - · t •_ _ODU CtD W THOUT THE AUTHORIZATION O Autho ityNNl 9E gQ X ' _RY EXCLUSIVE DIS TR_I BUTI ON____Qi D Is SEC l STARIAT - -- - -- I S S-Scrcener 27-29 Classification Post S S-S-CNS 30-31 Seria l No 8-9 S S-0 J -- M --- G -- -- I j- - 7 f_ l'lJN c TIO AL BUREAUS ' v l -JS v- L - I J 9'CAG- LP 'P I 1-1$-C ' I I A 1 '1Jt 411 - Defense CIA ✓ 2 A Lo I NSA sk I ahlr-P ' I I Tr ea sury__ E State Re p H ACDA ti V AID IO L I EUR lr__I_N_R ---- - 0 I I EA - 1 II Vic e President i--- Dpty ARA White House '-- - -- Dpty AF ✓ l ·-- - ---·7 1980 OTHER AGENCIES I --S P l- I s l _ _ 1--------· SECRET OTTAWA July 92 1968 NEA S AH · S AL ------ - r- r- G Vi'f -- - Ex GEOGRAPHIC BUREAUS I lJ Date 11 PRT_ NCI PALS -------Secy I - 9 Distributed by SIS '-·- 10NTHLY COUNT I N C O M I N G AID VN USIA 0 0 ·- - - - -- - - -·- --------- ------------'--___ ----- p OTHER Sc ECLASSIFIED Autho ty NND9bqooo