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Apr 24, 2008 1:30 pm US/Eastern

Destroyed Nuclear Reactor Was Nearly Functional

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A top U.S. official says the Syrian nuclear reactor allegedly built with North Korean design help and destroyed last year by Israeli jets was within weeks or months of being functional.

The official says the facility was mostly completed but still needed significant testing before it could be declared operational. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

No uranium -- the fuel for a reactor -- was evident at the site.