Iran says tested new nuclear enrichment machine, may irk West

Reuters ^ | 8/27/2014 | MICHELLE MOGHTADER AND FREDRIK DAHL

[markomalley]

Iran has conducted "mechanical" tests on a new, advanced machine to refine uranium, a senior official was quoted as saying on Wednesday, a disclosure that may annoy Western states pushing Tehran to scale back its nuclear programme.

Iran's development of new centrifuges to replace its current breakdown-prone model is watched closely by Western officials. It could allow the Islamic Republic to amass potential atomic bomb material much faster.

Tehran says its nuclear programme is peaceful and that it produces low-enriched uranium only to make fuel for a planned network of atomic energy plants. If processed to a high fissile concentration, uranium can be used for nuclear weapons.

[Zeppo]

Iran says tested new nuclear enrichment machine, may irk West

I wonder whether an Iranian-perpetrated nuclear blast in Tel Aviv might "irk" Obama.

Nah, who am I kidding...

[logic101.net]

I expect Dumbo to state quite forcefully that this is “unacceptable”. By that I mean his golf game getting interrupted.

[minnesota_bound]

A few runs of B-52’s and B-1’s and the Iran nuclear threat would be over.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks markomalley.