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Golra Sharif

Golra Sharif is reportedly the location of an IAEA un-safeguarded uranium centrifuge enrichment facility, which was initially designed to contain as many as several thousand centrifuges. However, the government of Pakistan has issued assurances that the facility is safe and secure. The current status of this facility is uncertain based on open sources, though activities at this site may include test equipment and facilities for use at Kahuta. Golra Sharif, a prominent village noted for the Shrine of Syed Meher Ali Shah, is located 18 km west of Rawalpindi in sector E-11 of the Islamabad Federal Capital administrative district.

Sources and Resources

Pakistan's bomb: Out of the closet. By David Albright and Mark Hibbs. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists July/August 1992.
Pakistan's Nuclear-Related Facilities Monitoring Proliferation Threats Project
Tracking Nuclear Proliferation 1998 Carneige Endowment for International Peace

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