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To: Conservat1
Zakani said that Iran needs uranium enriched to 56% in order to fuel the propellants in submarines and for “other purposes.”

Pretty sure it only has to be 3.2% to fuel a nuclear reactor. Perhaps the small reactors in nuclear submarines require a bit more concentration for some reason, but not 56%.

More to the point, Iran doesn't have any nuclear submarines. They tried to get Russia to retro-fit one of their old Kilo class diesel electric subs with a nuclear reactor, but Russia declined. It was a lunatic idea. Iran has since announced that they are developing a reactor for submarine propulsion domestically, but Iran says a lot of things and this is not generally deemed a credible boast.

11 posted on 04/17/2021 9:02:09 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp

I’m thinking that they need 20% to be used for fuel and 95% for weapons. But I think that higher concentrations than 20% are needed for breeder reactors to produce plutonium 239 which is very useful for weapons and much easier to produce than weapons grade uranium.


14 posted on 04/17/2021 9:11:55 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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To: SeeSharp
"but Iran says a lot of things and this is not generally deemed a credible boast."

I hope, most take anything Iranians say with lots of grains of salt...

16 posted on 04/17/2021 10:15:14 PM PDT by Conservat1
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