Thursday, March 19, 2015

Does Iran only need TWO months to enrich enough for a nuclear bomb?


Does Iran only need TWO months to enrich enough for a nuclear bomb?

Dr. Olli Heinonen, a former Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) :

Heinonen was speaking one day after the Sunday Times of London reported his dramatic independent assessment of Iran’s nuclear capacity, specifically that Iran could have up to 5,000 IR-2m centrifuges, rather than the 1,008 it has claimed. The IR-2m devices are up to five times more effective in enriching uranium than older IR-1 types, the Sunday Times said.

In today’s remarks, Heinonen explained that with just 1,000 IR-2m centrifuges, Iran could enrich enough natural uranium to make a weapon in just one year.*

Were the Iranians to use their stockpile of 3.5 percent enriched uranium, the same number of centrifuges could produce the same result in six months. The addition of more centrifuges would simply speed up this process.

The terms of a possible nuclear deal with Iran are now out, as the AP has gotten its hands on a draft version of a framework agreement.

Firstly, it says that the P5+1 has agreed to let Iran operate 6,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges.

*So with 6 times more centrifuges does this mean Iran could enrich enough for a bomb in TWO Months? Read the full story here and here.

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