• jaykrown@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Thanks for proving my point. From the article you linked:

    Most worryingly for the international community, Iran had by last summer produced a stockpile of just over 440kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU), of 60% purity. In terms of technical difficulty, once at 60%, it is a relatively easy step to reach 90% – weapons-grade uranium that can be used to make a compact warhead.

    You don’t need HEU for civilian nuclear power operations.

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      8 days ago

      You ignored the main part though

      Despite that uncertainty, the IAEA director general, Rafael Grossi, said on Monday that “we don’t see a structured programme to manufacture nuclear weapons”.

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        8 days ago

        You don’t need “a structured programme to manufacture nuclear weapons” for it to be clear that’s what the intention is. At that point it’s already too late.

        Again: You don’t need highly enriched uranium (HEU) for civilian nuclear power operations.

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        8 days ago

        a stockpile of just over 440kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU), of 60% purity

        a stockpile of just over 440kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU), of 60% purity

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        Here let me make it a bit easier to read:

        a stockpile of just over 440kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU), of 60% purity