Posted on 11/18/2008 1:17:23 PM PST by mojito
Iran’s bank of rapidly spinning centrifuges has produced a stockpile of low-enriched uranium, ideal for fueling nuclear reactors, but able also to fuel nuclear weapons if re-circulated through the centrifuges. The re-circulation raises the concentration of the uranium isotope U-235, which fissions in nuclear weapons such as the one dropped on Hiroshima.
Based on the amount of low-enriched uranium Iran has stockpiled, and the amount it is believed to be producing each month, the Wisconsin Project estimates that by inauguration day, Iran could have enough U-235 to fuel one bomb quickly. "Quickly," in this context, means two to three months – about the time it would take Iran to raise the level of U-235 in its uranium stockpile from 3.8 percent to approximately 90 percent.
As Iran increases the number of centrifuge machines it is operating, and increases its stockpile of low-enriched uranium, it will consolidate its status in the future as a "virtual" nuclear weapon state.
(Excerpt) Read more at iranwatch.org ...
Just for the sake of discussion, are there any sat photos of an Iranian nuclear (power) reactor under construction?
In 2005, when I was in St. Petersburg, Russia, I saw crates and crates of electronics and huge weldments on the docks destined for Iran.
I should say, the stuff I saw was stenciled something like form: “Russiatomik” to “Atomic Power Iran”, it was obviously, obviously nuclear related.
We will likely see what a world with nuclear weapons in the hands of crazy people is like. For a short period of time at least (and I don’t mean that in a good way).
that was there to throw us off. the real stuff is marked
“tractor parts” and “agricultural supplies”.
There was some giant stuff there. Yeah, 3’ x 3’ x 10’ grey-painted crates (like for a rack of electronics, but there were some huge 70-foot long welded assemblies made of thick tapered I-beams that were quite chunky.
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Good thing he has so much experience going into the presidency eh?
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