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New clarifications to nuke deal allow Iran to enrich more uranium
Times of Israel ^ | December 23, 2016, 7:36 pm | (Times of Israel Staff and Agencies)

Posted on 12/23/2016 3:05:22 PM PST by Olog-hai

Iran and world powers have agreed on clarifications to the 2015 nuclear deal that will effectively allow Iran to enrich more uranium than previously thought, Reuters reported Friday.

The technical documents released by the office of European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini state that some of the enriched material held by Iran is not counted under the limits set by the accord — for instance unrecoverable uranium left in pipes.

“All current low-level solid waste contaminated with low-enriched uranium (LEU)…which is deemed unrecoverable, is not part of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile as specified in the [accord] provided that Iran does not build or operate any facility or part of a facility capable of recovering LEU from solid waste for 15 years,” one clause quoted by Reuters said. […]

The deal originally stipulated that Iran can possess only low-enriched uranium — which is not suitable for weapons — and no more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) at any time. That’s far less than would be needed to make a nuclear weapon, even if it were further enriched to weapons-grade levels. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhomiddleast; iran; iraniannukes; jcpoa; rop; uranium

1 posted on 12/23/2016 3:05:22 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

What deal?
Obama can enter into a treaty without Congress.


2 posted on 12/23/2016 3:09:41 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: Olog-hai

What deal?
Obama CAN’T enter into a treaty without Congress.


3 posted on 12/23/2016 3:10:15 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: Olog-hai

We need to go after this ingrate grifter and many others


4 posted on 12/23/2016 3:12:06 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Olog-hai; RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; righttackle44; ..
[ New clarifications to nuke deal allow Iran to enrich more uranium ]


5 posted on 12/23/2016 3:15:13 PM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Olog-hai

28 more days.


6 posted on 12/23/2016 3:23:28 PM PST by Disestablishmentarian
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To: Olog-hai

The World got Obamaboozeled on this nontreaty deal and our children and grandchildren are going to be sacrificed to it so that a handful of elites can live in luxury for a short time.


7 posted on 12/23/2016 3:40:34 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Olog-hai

“Unexpected”


8 posted on 12/23/2016 4:01:48 PM PST by mowowie (Press 2 for Deportation)
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To: BuffaloJack

Manchurian President.


9 posted on 12/23/2016 5:09:30 PM PST by richardtavor
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