Strike Set Back Iran's Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says(nytimes.com)
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Strike Set Back Iran's Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html
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Not a specialist but they are close to weapon grade, but not there. And probably they don't have many centrifuges left. And people that know how to operate them.
> And probably they don't have many centrifuges left.
In 2016, under the JCPOA, Iran had over 10,000 IR-1 centrifuges in storage and ~5,000 IR-1 in active use. Considering they make them domestically, I don't really know how smart it is to assume the centrifuges are gone for good.
In 2016, under the JCPOA, Iran had over 10,000 IR-1 centrifuges in storage and ~5,000 IR-1 in active use. Considering they make them domestically, I don't really know how smart it is to assume the centrifuges are gone for good.
How was Iran storing the enriched uranium? If these were just ingots, why couldn't they just dig them out of the rubble? Seems like uranium is used for armor plating, so presumably pretty tough and heat resistant. Different story if it is in solution (uranium hexaflouride?) or in a non-metalic form. Although even in those cases, as long as you weren't storing it in the same area as your depleted stock, it seems like you could leach it back out of the soil and it would still be enriched. Right?
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