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| Iran claims to have manufactured own yellowcake |
| 2010-12-06 |
| Iran said for the first time that it had domestically produced a batch of uranium yellowcake -- the raw material for atomic weapons. Yesterday's yellowcake announcement removes a key restraint on Tehran, which was previously reliant on 600 tonnes of yellowcake acquired from South Africa in the 1970s, prior to the Islamic revolution. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's atomic programme, struck a triumphalist tone in revealing the development. "The West had counted on the possibility of us being in trouble over raw material," he said. "Iran has become self-sufficient in the entire fuel cycle, starting from [uranium] exploration, mining and then turning it into yellowcake and converting it." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > [Missle Defense Agency]US MDA: NO CONFIRMATION OF IRAN MISSLE THREAT, vee alleged receipt of 19 BM-25 IRBMS from NORTH KOREA. versus * SAME > WIKILEAKS: WAR AGZ PAKISTAN MILITANTS TO TAKE [as long as] 15 YEARS. ARTIC = circa 10-15 Years, as per the US Embassy in Islamabad??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-06 01:43 |
| #1 See also TOPIX [related] > IRAN CLAIMS IT IS CAPABLE OF GOING NUCLEAR, + IRAN BOASTS OF ITS NUCLEAR ABILITIES BEFORE TALKS. ARTICS = IRAN proclaims it is now de facto NUCWEAPS-CAPABLE, NOT JUST AS PER NUCENERGY, IFF IT SO CHOOSES thanks to newfound nuclear self- sufficiency = nuc independence. "2012" just keeps humming along. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-06 01:30 |