Well well.
Hipocrazy disclosed. Again. Conspiracy nuts are probably not the craziest lot on this planet.
1959: Norway, having produced heavy water at Rjukan since WWII (oh, the Germans had their infamous factory there during the war as well. We just picked up the technology), sold 20 metric tons to Israel. In full knowledge of it being used at the Dimona nuclear plant. Norway also delivered technical equipment and expertise.
October 2005: IAEA and el Baradei (excellent man) gets the Nobel Peace Price for their work to control and hinder the proliferation of nuclear arms.
End of November 2005: Secret papers declassified. Arab League demands that Norway discloses their historic dealings with Israel.
Israel has never acknowledged having nuclear arms. Touchy subject. Everyone know they have them. They were disclosed as early as 1960. Vanunu got 18 years in jail for taking pictures of the reprocessing plant producing plutonium (from a uranium core emerged in Norwegian heavy water). Still they are excempt from all dealings concerning nuclear proliferation. Now they threaten to bomb nuclear factories in Iran to hinder the development nuclear arms in the Middle East region.
The Norwegian Foreign Ministry refuses to comment on the issue, as it is "a historic case and nothing more".
Fuck them all.
Did you know that Norway was the sixth country in the world getting a working nuclear plant? The Kjeller plant is still up and running as an experimental plant and we have very high expertise, even though we do not approve of nuclear plants as a source of electric power. It was also at Kjeller that SAM II, one of the first supercomputers was developed. CERN chose Norsk Data as developer for their project. Just mentioning it. Now they do really high science both on nuclear issues and nanoscale engineering and material sciences. I get more and more confused about how much Norway has had to say in world politics.
We are rich and resourceful. That is for sure. Sometimes we are bastards and hipocrites. Like most nations. What is above the surface is just part of the truth.
