Four tons of heavy water, a key component in atomic energy research, arrived today at the Haifa Institute of Technology on loan from the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The shipment is valued at $168,000.
Israel also has asked the United States for a loan of three tons of natural uranium for use in training engineers for nuclear power station operations.
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