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Near bomb-grade level uranium found in Iranian nuclear plant, says IAEA report
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By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Uranium particles enriched to near bomb-grade levels have been found at an Iranian nuclear facility, according to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, as the US warned that Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb was accelerating.
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The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed on Tuesday it had detected particles of uranium enriched up just under the 90 percent needed to produce an atomic bomb."Discussions are still ongoing" to determine the origin of these particles, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a confidential re…
The confidential quarterly report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency likely will renew tensions between Iran and the West over its program.
Corroborating earlier reports, IAEA says inspectors found traces of material at 83.7% purity in Fordo; Tehran says it's only enriched to 60%, which already has no civilian use
By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Uranium particles enriched to near bomb-grade levels have been found at an Iranian nuclear facility, according to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, as the US warned that Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb was accelerating.
Global atomic monitors reported Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium swelled to a record in the last three months and that inspectors are still trying to clarify how uranium enriched
The news is alarming for Israel, but Iran denied other recent reports that asserted they enriched uranium close to the 90% threshold for a nuclear weapon.
VIENNA — Inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7% in Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear site, a report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press said.
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