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Iran exceeds authorised heavy water reserves: IAEA
AFP on Yahoo! ^ | 11/18/19 | AFP (Vienna)

Posted on 11/18/2019 8:20:27 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Vienna (AFP) - The UN's nuclear watchdog said Monday that Iran's stock of heavy water for reactors has surpassed the limit set under its agreement with world powers.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that Iran's heavy water production plant was in operation and that its stock of heavy water reserves was 131.5 tonnes, above the 130-tonne limit.

In Vienna, an IAEA spokesperson said: "On 17 November, the Agency verified that the Heavy Water Production Plant (HWPP) was in operation and that Iran’s stock of heavy water was 131.5 metric tonnes."

Heavy water is not itself radioactive but is used in nuclear reactors to absorb neutrons from nuclear fission.

Heavy water reactors can be used to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons as an alternative to enriched uranium.

It was the first time the agency has recorded a volume greater than the level agreed upon as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached in 2015 with Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United States and the European Union.

The US unilaterally withdrew from it last year, after which Iran began reducing its commitments in a bid to win concessions from those still party to the accord.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: djibouti; eritrea; europeanunion; hassannasrallah; heavywater; hezbollah; iaea; iran; lebanon; mullahloversonfr; reserves; sudan; waronterror; worldwidejihad; yemen

1 posted on 11/18/2019 8:20:27 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

There’s a lot of lefty @sshats at the yahoo site blaming President Trump for this. What idiots. Even if we had stayed in the nuclear deal, Iran would be breaking the rules as we speak.


2 posted on 11/18/2019 8:28:17 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Look Mullahs. Your days are numbered.


3 posted on 11/18/2019 8:30:40 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: NormsRevenge

4 posted on 11/18/2019 8:31:13 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: NormsRevenge

just as Obama planned


5 posted on 11/18/2019 8:35:06 PM PST by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not , born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: NormsRevenge

A small bomb would cause many leaks.


6 posted on 11/18/2019 8:36:29 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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To: NormsRevenge; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; null and void; metmom; Mom MD
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All according to plan.
7 posted on 11/18/2019 10:55:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

Is that real or photoshop?

If real it makes me sick. What a smug, evil bastard.


8 posted on 11/19/2019 5:52:33 AM PST by Vaden (First they came for the Confederates... Next they came for Washington... Then they came...)
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To: Vaden

Photoshop


9 posted on 11/19/2019 5:53:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Probably closer to reality than we think. Still an evil, smug bastard.


10 posted on 11/19/2019 6:05:26 AM PST by Vaden (First they came for the Confederates... Next they came for Washington... Then they came...)
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To: Truthoverpower

Based on reports of the price of Gasoline causing protests in Iran. The Iranians are going to develop the first nuclear powered car.


11 posted on 11/19/2019 6:17:16 AM PST by Jimmy The Snake (Remeber)
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