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| IAEA: Iran has enough material for 2 nuclear bombs |
| 2010-06-02 |
| Iran has amassed enough fissile material to build two nuclear bombs, according to the United Nations atomic watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA's) last report before a Security Council vote on proposed new sanctions for Iran also detailed how its inspectors have been denied access to facilities. It renders obsolete Iran's efforts to revive a fuel-swap deal which was aimed at delaying the moment it reaches nuclear capability. The report said Iran has continued to evade questions over evidence of weapons work while improving its uranium enrichment capabilities. Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium stands at two tonnes, enough to arm two nuclear warheads if enriched further. The country, which has been ordered five times by the Security Council to halt enrichment until weapons questions are addressed, defied the international community to begin enriching uranium to 20 per cent, bringing it closer to weapons-grade fuel. It began the higher enrichment process after the collapse of an IAEA deal to ship most of its nuclear fuel stocks abroad in return for 20 per cent fuel rods. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #10 TOPIX > LEBANON, SYRIA WARN OF REGIONAL WAR [ + Beyond] BY ISRAEL ATTACK, on the Gaza Flotilla. * SAME > IRAN: NEW UN NUCLEAR SANCTIONS COULD MEAN CONFRONTATION [milpol]; + IRAN: NUCLEAR BLITZKRIEG. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-02 23:26 |
| #9 bigjim - If I remember right it's counterintuitive because lighter isotopes are siphoned off, not heavier, and that if I remember right is supposed to be easier and easier as you go along. Are you sure of your answer, or are you guessing like me? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-02 23:06 |
| #8 Gorb, I'd say just the opposite. The closer you get to 90% the harder it would probably be to get any increase in yield. Once the process is successful though, and can be repeated... I have no doubt Bambi will f*ck around until they detonate a nuclear test in the desert and declare themselves a nuclear power. He is impotent to do ANYTHING because he can't seem to rig it up to please everyone and be blamable on Bush simultaneously. If Israel is at all interested in self-preservation they should handle this themselves. Otherwise Iran will hold the entire ME hostage. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-06-02 15:26 |
| #7 Blockade busting. Firing on Israel aircraft over Lebanon. Muslim countries pressuring Israel to participate in nuclear talks. Distractions all geared towards buying time for Iran to complete its nuclear weapons program. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-06-02 08:50 |
| #6 If they wait to report until it's pretty much a done deal, they have it both ways: the spread of nuclear capability within Muslim countries and an official tut-tut issued when it cannot be used to halt that spread. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-06-02 06:59 |
| #5 What, did El Baradei step down? Why the changed tune from IAEA? |
| Posted by: lex 2010-06-02 06:00 |
| #4 Let's remind that IAEA whose chairman was Muhamad El Baradei has been telling us for years that Iran was not even close to make a bom. |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-06-02 05:03 |
| #3 ION TOPIX > SYRIA CONDUCTED NUCLEAR TESTS? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-02 03:05 |
| #2 Okay, where is the line and did they cross it yet? |
| Posted by: Blinky Ulanter3744 2010-06-02 02:22 |
| #1 Am I correct in thinking that getting to 5% or 20% is the hard part, and the rest is easy? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-02 01:29 |