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| Iran aims for large-scale enrichment |
| 2006-04-12 |
| The deputy nuclear chief said Wednesday that Iran intends to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment involving 54,000 centrifuges, signalling the country's resolve to expand a program the United Nations has demanded it halt. Mohammad Saeedi made the comments a day after Iran announced it had succeeded in enriching uranium on a small scale for the first time, using 164 centrifuges, at a facility in the central town of Natanz. “We will expand uranium enrichment to industrial scale at Natanz,” Mr. Saeedi told state-run television. He said Iran has informed the UN nuclear watchdog agency that it plans to install 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz by late 2006 and that it will then expand to 54,000 centrifuges, though he did not say when. He said using 54,000 centrifuges will be able to produce enough enriched uranium to provide fuel for a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant like the one Russia is currently putting the finishing touches on in southern Iran. Or enough for 35 bombs per year. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #1 Like it or not, sooner or later we're going to have to adopt a policy and enforce it: that no Islamic nation shall be permitted to possess nuclear weapons or the means of creating them. No exceptions. No excuses. "Fairness" and legality be damned, to do otherwise is suicidal. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-04-12 08:34 |