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Apr 24, 2008 10:30 am US/Pacific

Destroyed Nuclear Reactor Was Nearly Functional

WASHINGTON (AP) ― A top U.S. official says the Syrian nuclear reactor allegedly built with North Korean design help and destroyed last year by Israeli jets was within weeks or months of being functional.

The official says the facility was mostly completed but still needed significant testing before it could be declared operational. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

No uranium -- the fuel for a reactor -- was evident at the site.

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