Ī later investigation was conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (successor to the AEC) regarding an additional 198 pounds (90 kg) of uranium that was found to be missing between 19, after the plant had been purchased by Babcock & Wilcox and Shapiro was no longer associated with the company.

In his 1991 book, The Samson Option, Seymour Hersh concluded that Shapiro did not divert any uranium rather 'it ended up in the air and water of the city of Apollo as well as in the ducts, tubes, and floors of the NUMEC plant.' He also wrote that Shapiro's meetings with senior Israeli officials in his home were related to protecting the water supply in Israel rather than any diversion of nuclear material or information. There is no conceivable reason for Eitan to have gone but for the nuclear material.” In June 1986, analyst Anthony Cordesman told United Press International: Some remain convinced that Israel received 206 pounds (93 kg) or more of highly enriched uranium from NUMEC, particularly given the visit of Rafi Eitan, later revealed as an Israeli spy and who was later involved in the Jonathan Pollard incident. Carter asked for an assessment by his National Security Advisor, whose staff concluded 'The CIA case is persuasive, though not conclusive.'

The NRC informed the White House, leading to President-elect Carter being briefed about the investigation. In February 1976 the CIA briefed senior staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about the matter, stating that the CIA believed the missing highly enriched uranium went to Israel.

A General Accounting Office study of the investigations declassified in May 2010 stated 'We believe a timely, concerted effort on the part of these three agencies would have greatly aided and possibly solved the NUMEC diversion questions, if they desired to do so.' The Atomic Energy Commission, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), other government agencies, and inquiring reporters conducted similar investigations, and no charges were ever filed. Shapiro was a long-time Zionist, and he had business interests and contacts among high government officials in Israel, including a contract to build nuclear-powered generators for Israel. The Apollo Affair was a 1965 incident in which a US company, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC), in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania was investigated for losing 200–600 pounds (91–272 kg) of highly enriched uranium, with suspicions that it had gone to Israel's nuclear weapons program.įrom 1965 to 1980, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated Zalman Shapiro, the company's president, over the loss of 206 pounds (93 kg) of highly enriched uranium. 1965 incident and investigation into loss of nuclear materials

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