Kahuta Research Laboratories

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Kahuta Research Laboratories is Pakistan’s premier uranium enrichment and nuclear research facility, central to the development of the country’s nuclear weapons capability.

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instanceOf Pakistani government research institution ⓘ
nuclear research facility ⓘ
uranium enrichment plant ⓘ
affiliation Pakistan nuclear weapons program ⓘ
alsoKnownAs KRL ⓘ
Khan Research Laboratories ⓘ
associatedWith Ghauri missile program ⓘ
controlledBy Pakistan military ⓘ
coordinatesWith Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission facilities ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
employerOf Pakistani engineers ⓘ
Pakistani nuclear scientists ⓘ
establishedIn 1970s ⓘ
field missile technology ⓘ
nuclear engineering ⓘ
nuclear weapons research ⓘ
uranium enrichment ⓘ
founder Abdul Qadeer Khan ⓘ
governedBy Pakistani strategic plans division ⓘ
hasCapability centrifuge design and manufacturing ⓘ
uranium hexafluoride processing ⓘ
importance cornerstone of Pakistan’s nuclear infrastructure ⓘ
infrastructureType underground and fortified facilities ⓘ
keyPerson Abdul Qadeer Khan ⓘ
locatedIn Kahuta ⓘ
Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
namedAfter Abdul Qadeer Khan ⓘ
notableFor development of Pakistan’s first indigenous uranium enrichment capability ⓘ
operatedBy Government of Pakistan ⓘ
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
primaryProduct highly enriched uranium ⓘ
programType dual-use nuclear technology ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Abdul Qadeer Khan nuclear proliferation network ⓘ
researchFocus ballistic missile development ⓘ
nuclear fuel cycle ⓘ
role central facility for Pakistan’s uranium enrichment ⓘ
central to development of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons capability ⓘ
sector defense research and development ⓘ
securityLevel restricted area ⓘ
significance key component of Pakistan’s strategic deterrent ⓘ
status high-security military installation ⓘ
subjectOf international sanctions and export control measures ⓘ
non-proliferation investigations ⓘ
subjectTo international proliferation concerns ⓘ
technologyUsed gas centrifuge uranium enrichment ⓘ
type strategic national asset ⓘ

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Pakistan nuclear weapons program → keyInstitution → Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ
Youm-e-Takbeer → linkedInstitution → Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ
Abdul Qadeer Khan → employer → Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ
Kahuta Research Laboratories → alsoKnownAs → Khan Research Laboratories ⓘ
linked to: Kahuta Research Laboratories
Strategic Plans Division → coordinatesWith → Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ
Kahuta uranium enrichment plant → alsoKnownAs → Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ
A. Q. Khan proliferation network → relatedTo → Khan Research Laboratories ⓘ
linked to: Kahuta Research Laboratories
Shoaib Akhtar → playedForDomesticTeam → Khan Research Laboratories ⓘ
linked to: Kahuta Research Laboratories
Kahuta → knownFor → Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ
Kahuta → hasFacility → Kahuta Research Laboratories ⓘ