Iran Doesn’t Have Enough Uranium to Build a Nuclear Bomb

FAULT – Iran at this stage it doesn’t have enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the official definition International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This was disclosed by the Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi.

“The Iranians are continuing to enrich uranium and at a much higher rate than they promised. And this number is increasing from month to month, ”said Grossi during an interview with Die Presse, as reported by Al Arabiya on Sunday (11/10/2020).

Asked about how long Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon, the so-called “time breakout”, Grossi said the IAEA was not talking about it. The IAEA, he explained, looks at the quantity of uranium that is held. (See graphic: Iran, Turkey and Qatar Can Fight Israel-Gulf Bloc)

“In the IAEA we are not talking about a” time breakout “. We are looking at a significant quantity, the minimum amount of uranium or enriched plutonium needed to make an atomic bomb. Iran does not have a significant amount at this time,” he said.

The IAEA defines “significant quantity” as an estimate of the amount of nuclear material for which the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear explosive device cannot be ruled out. (Also read: Secretary General of the United Nations: Every day 96,000 housing units must be completed)

The latest quarterly IAEA report on Iran released last month said Tehran had 2,105.4 kilograms of enriched uranium, well above the 202.8 kilogram limit in the 2015 nuclear deal. However, a fraction of the enriched uranium was already in Iran before the deal.

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