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| Iran Nuclear Chief Says Uranium Stockpile Reaches 950 Tons |
| 2018-07-19 |
| [AnNahar] The chief of Iran's nuclear agency says the country's effort to acquire uranium has resulted in a stockpile of as much as 950 tons. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, tells state TV on Wednesday that Iran has imported some 400 tons of the stuff since the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Western powers, bringing its stockpile to between 900 and 950 tons ‐ up from 500 tons. Salehi says that's enough for Iran to run its longtime goal of 190,000 centrifuge machines for enriching uranium in the future. The nuclear accord limits Iran's uranium enrichment to 3.67 percent, enough to use in a nuclear power plant but far lower than the 90 percent needed for an atomic weapon. However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... since the U.S. pulled out of the deal in May, Iran has vowed to boost enrichment capacity to put pressure on the remaining signatories to live up to the agreement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 under the JCPOA, Iran is allowed an unlimited amount of U in its natural 0.7% 235 state and up to 300 kg of 3.5% 235 (I think), but the US and allies allowed exceedance of 300 kg if the average for the year was under 300kg or something legalistic like that |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-07-19 19:36 |
| #5 Would be a shame if it was blown up all over your Iranian guard compound. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-07-19 17:04 |
| #4 Perhaps under the Ayatollah's residence |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-07-19 16:53 |
| #3 Did he say where they piled it? Heh. You can probably see the glow at night. Speaking as your Nuclear Advisor, I recommend you safegard this important resource by putting it all in one place. Yeah, one big-ass pile. And if you could compress it a bunch, that would be great. Smaller is easier to hide, right? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-07-19 14:48 |
| #2 Did he say where they piled it? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-07-19 14:32 |
| #1 Hey Ali, what do you think people who stole your most secret documents from under your nose can do to your Uranium stockpiles? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-19 14:01 |