There is still something I am unclar about.
Just what does Iran plan to do with this enriched urnaium they are producing?
It is perfectly useless to them to use in a nuclear power reactor since the Iranians don’t have one. The Russians are building a power (ligth water) reactor for the Iranians, but the Iranians have to use Russian fuel in that one and the Russians are going to keep that control.
The Iranians could develop a reactor design of their own, but to do that and build suc a reactor will take them at least a decade, by which time the enriched uranium they are manufacturing today will have decayed.
So, what are they planning to use it for? Just a question, and I’m wondering if the NIE just issued addresses this question.
Iran produces nuclear fuel pellets [for heavy water reactor]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930458/posts
how bout as ballast in a suitcase, you know to help keep the koran level in mid town Manhattan
” Just what does Iran plan to do with this enriched urnaium they are producing? “
It’s possible they decided the full bomb thing doesn’t serve their purposes as well as the capacity for a lot of “dirty nukes”. Lower-tech, more sites possible, very scary, highly disruptive.