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Floyd L. Culler, Jr. was a leading expert in the science of nuclear reprocessing. He served as deputy director of the Chemical Technology Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in [[Tennessee]], where the first uranium for American nuclear weapons had been enriched. Culler led the American inspection team sent to [[Dimona]] by the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] administration, following a pattern that would be repeated until the inspections ended in 1969.[^1]
Culler's team spent days at [[Dimona]], climbing through various excavations, but found nothing suspicious, despite the elaborate Israeli deception, which included a false control room and practice sessions for Israeli technicians. Culler reported to the White House that the reactor he and his colleagues inspected was nothing more than a "standard reactor." He later expressed surprise, but not shock, upon learning that his team had been duped by a false control room, acknowledging that it is possible to make a system appear to be controlling something when it is not.[^1]
Culler's team spent days at [[Dimona]], climbing through various excavations, but found nothing suspicious, despite the elaborate Israeli deception, which included a false control room and practice sessions for Israeli technicians. Culler reported to the [[White House]] that the reactor he and his colleagues inspected was nothing more than a "standard reactor." He later expressed surprise, but not shock, upon learning that his team had been duped by a false control room, acknowledging that it is possible to make a system appear to be controlling something when it is not.[^1]
Culler was more disturbed to learn that by 1960, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s photo interpretation team had concluded that a site was being excavated at [[Dimona]] for a chemical reprocessing plant and had even attempted to measure the amount of dirt being scooped. This intelligence had not been provided to him, and he believed it should have been.[^1]