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10 sats \ 9 replies \ @petertodd 18h \ parent \ on: U.S. Enters War With Iran, Striking Fordo Nuclear Site: Live Updates Politics_And_Law
The IAEA found uranium enriched to 83% in 2023: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/01/middleeast/iran-uranium-enrichment-iaea-intl/index.html
Iran is clearly attempting to build nuclear weapons. There aren't civilian applications for uranium enriched beyond 20%. As it is, Iran has openly admitted to the IAEA that they're enriching to 60%.
Yes, they've been open about enriching uranium for energy and medical purposes. That's not justification for anything.
By my understanding, they were complying with inspections while the Iran Deal was in place and have always been open to resuming those.
Stop falling for every dumb piece of war propaganda.
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Neither medical nor energy purposes need 60% enriched uranium. Certainly not 83%
Stop falling for dumb Iranian propaganda.
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Naval reactors do use that level of enrichment, unlike nuclear weapons.
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The reference I found said at least 50%, but I'm certainly no expert on this.
Is that number universal or are there models that use higher levels?
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I can double check at work tomorrow because yes they use highly enriched but they also have next to nothing amount wise as a result....
The AUKUS submarines that the US is going to export to Australia is supposed to be at 93-97% HOWEVER we dont actually have anything that functions with levels that high at the moment. We do not have the materials science to handle that. It is only going to have a spoonful of fuel.... which I mean is great and all but again goes to show that we are expecting this technology to make some huge strides.
There is a reason SMRs on land are not mainstream and out and about because its hard to build and maintain.
Iran doesn't have nuclear powered submarines and isn't building any; it would be perfectly reasonable to ensure they don't get any even if they tried.
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Your view of what's reasonable is very different from mine. Mine doesn't involve trying to police the actions of everyone on Earth.
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