[jmaynardg]

I don't think the term "highly enriched" is accurate given the article's content. The article claimed to have found "enriched uranium" which is U-238 enriched by U-235 at anywhere from 2% on up. At those levels the uranium is useful only for power generation. "Highly Enriched Uranium" refers to U-238 enriched to U-235 at or above 90% - which is weapons grade. It's unclear from the article what level of enrichment was attained, so claiming "highly enriched" (or weapons grade) would appear unsubstantiated.

[been_lurking]

The country has insisted that its nuclear program is aimed only at producing energy, a task that would use uranium enriched at much lower levels than that found by the IAEA inspectors.

Since what was found is higher grade than what is needed for producing energy.... (It sometimes helps to read the article.)

[MonroeDNA]

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