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To: SoFloFreeper

This is not a new report, nor is it any kind of breaking news. Here is the report, published in May, declassified in June and sent to the lazy media, needin’ a story, this week:

http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2012/gov2012-23.pdf

The “doubled” number of centrifuges to a total of 6,177 centrifuges are mainly outer casings only with only one cascade of 174 centrifuges running. The centrifuge rotor assemblies have not been installed in the others because Iran is being blocked from buying them.

There is good news in the report, Iran is converting most of their 19.75% to fuel plates.

The bad news is, Iran has enough 3.5% if further enriched to fuel five atomic weapons.

Iran is also enriching to 19.75% far more than they need for fuel plates. They may be intending the fuel plates for export sales.

Iran’s yellow cake uranium ore is heavily contaminated with molybdenum which causes the centrifuges to plug up and unbalance, destroying the machine. However, once you get to 3.5% the moly is out.

From 3.5% to 19.75% is relatively easy and fully legal. The great worry is that Iran will stockpile at 19.75% and then “breakout” and quickly produce 90% any time they want, faster than we can respond.


6 posted on 08/31/2012 8:20:37 AM PDT by gandalftb (The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
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To: gandalftb

BTW, the sanctions are now directly affecting about 10% of the Iranian economy.

The Parchin site is not an enrichment facility, never was. The site is so heavily watched that Iran will do nothing there of importance.


7 posted on 08/31/2012 8:22:41 AM PDT by gandalftb (The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
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