That's because the facility, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Tehran, could produce plutonium, which can be used to make an atomic bomb. Israel pointed to just that concern when it ...

Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, ... (155 miles) southwest of Tehran, could produce plutonium, which can be used to make an atomic bomb.

Heavy water reactors produce plutonium, which, like enriched uranium, can be used to make the core of an atomic bomb. 3.

The Israeli military says it targeted the reactor's core seal to stop it being used for "nuclear weapons development".

Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. That would provide Iran another path to the bomb beyond enriched ...

Iraq’s nuclear programme went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad more than four decades ago.

Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran’s nuclear deal by JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press - 06/19/25 1:12 PM ET ...

The reactors can be used for scientific purposes, but plutonium is a byproduct of the process. Before the centrifuge technology that enriches uranium to levels high enough for use in weapons ...

Iran's Arak Heavy Water Reactor, Hit by an Israeli Airstrike, Was Part of Tehran's Nuclear Deal DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Much of the focus on Iran's nuclear program has been on Tehran ...

Much of the focus on Iran’s nuclear program has been on Tehran’s enrichment of uranium. But experts also keep a close watch on the Islamic Republic’s Arak heavy water reactor. That’s ...