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'Iran aims to stockpile uranium'
The Jerusalem Post ^ | February 9, 2010 | Yaaakov Katz

Posted on 02/09/2010 12:56:52 AM PST by myknowledge

Iran will make the political decision to enrich uranium to military-grade levels once it has accumulated enough fissionable material for a small arsenal of three to four nuclear devices, according to latest intelligence assessments.

Iran, according to the recent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report, has already accumulated 1.8 tons of uranium enriched to four percent.

Iran has announced plans to begin enriching uranium to 20% levels for use as fuel in a research reactor it has in Teheran, which is expected to exhaust its present stock within the year.

Although material for the fissile core of a nuclear warhead must be enriched to a level of 90% or more, just getting its stockpile to the 20% mark would be a major step for the country’s nuclear program.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; irannukes; stockpile; uranium

"Enrich more uranium...more uranium...for my nukes...for my nukes."

1 posted on 02/09/2010 12:56:52 AM PST by myknowledge
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To: F15Eagle

Rotfl! 3D movies must be popular in Tehran.


3 posted on 02/09/2010 1:05:55 AM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: rdl6989; F15Eagle
Those are safety goggles Ahmadinenukehead is wearing.
4 posted on 02/09/2010 1:16:39 AM PST by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge

I just wonder what the mullahs have planned for Thursday.


5 posted on 02/09/2010 1:26:54 AM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: myknowledge

It’s time.


7 posted on 02/09/2010 2:20:35 AM PST by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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8 posted on 02/09/2010 4:05:20 AM PST by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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