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The Tammuz light-water nuclear materials testing reactor under construction in Al-Tuwaitha, just outside of Baghdad, Iraq, April 1, 1979. The testing facility was completely destroyed by an American aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

The Tammuz light-water nuclear materials testing reactor under construction in Al-Tuwaitha, just outside of Baghdad, Iraq, April 1, 1979. The testing facility was completely destroyed by an American aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)