Nuclear Proliferation During the 1970s, Finke was working as a director at
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt where he carried out research in the field of particle physics and was also serving as director of the atomic clock project. According to the Congressional investigation report of 1989, Finke smuggled sensitive
nuclear detectors and
nuclear technology to
Pakistan in the late 1980s without notifying the German Government. The report also says that he also smuggled
beryllium nuclear reflectors and sensitive research publications to Pakistan in 1972.
Project-706 Finke, who was contacted by
nuclear physicist turned-diplomat
Siddique Ahmad Butt, better known as S. A. Butt, also passed on sensitive research publications to Butt. Finke first visited Pakistan when a German nuclear firm signed a civilian nuclear technology agreement with
PAEC. However, later, Finke moved to Pakistan in 1975 to train Pakistani scientists in the field of
nuclear reactor technology under the mutual agreement. When the German nuclear fuel supplier firm terminated the contract due to Finke's involvement in Project-706; Finke decided to live in
Pakistan where he trained a number of Pakistani scientists in the field of nuclear reactor-device technology
PINSTECH career Finke moved to Pakistan in 1980 where he joined
Project-706 under the leadership of
Munir Ahmad Khan and
Abdul Qadeer Khan. Finke, eventually, worked at the
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) as a researcher and produced a number of research publications along with his fellow Pakistani nuclear scientists. However, Finke was carefully excluded from Pakistan's nuclear weapons development program and was tasked to provide research publications. At PINSTECH, Peter Finke was involved in
nuclear reactor technology where he researched and provided personal assistance to Pakistani scientists in nuclear reactor technology. ==Arrest and sentence to jail==