The Negev Nuclear Research Center as viewed from a satellite in the late 1960s

MK Khenin: Time to Shut Down Nuclear Reactor at Dimona

“It’s time to shut down the 53-year-old Dimona nuclear reactor,” according to a worried MK, Dov Khenin (Hadash – Joint List). Built in 1963 using technology acquired from France, the safe life expectancy of the reactor – officially known as the Negev Nuclear Research Center – is 40 years, according the manufacturer’s specifications. Several members…