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    The obligatory “Iran has enough uranium for one nuclear bomb” post

    http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/20/the-obligatory-iran-ha...
    47 days ago in Hot Air · Authority: 4,211

    Doesn’t mean they’ll have a bomb tomorrow but it does mean they know what they’re doing well enough that they’ll soon be where Japan is: Without a nuclear stockpile but with enough technical know-how that they can churn one out quickly at will, within a year or so if they felt like it. [...] Read the rest »

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    Cheap Nukes

    http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/11/20/cheap-nukes/
    47 days ago in Jules Crittenden · Authority: 298

    Then there’s that other thing repressive governments do when faced with financial woes and internal threats … change the subject. NYT, Iran said to have enough for one nuke:   Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors. The figures detailing Iran’s progress were contained in a routine update on Wednesday from the International Atomic Eenergy Agency, which has been conducting inspections of the country’s main nuclear plant at Natanz. The report concluded that as of early this month, Iran had made 630 kilograms, or about 1,390 pounds, of low-enriched uranium. Several experts said that was enough for a bomb, but they cautioned that the milestone was mostly symbolic, because Iran would have to take additional steps. Not only would it have to breach its international agreements and kick out the inspectors, but it would also have to further purify the fuel and put it into a warhead design — a technical advance that Western experts are unsure Iran has yet achieved. “They clearly have enough material for a bomb,” said Richard L. Garwin, a top nuclear physicist who helped invent the hydrogen bomb and has advised Washington for decades. “They know how to do the enrichment. Whether they know how to design a bomb, well, that’s another matter.” Iran insists that it wants only to fuel reactors for nuclear power. But many Western nations, led by the United States, suspect that its real goal is to gain the ability to make nuclear weapons. While some Iranian officials have threatened to bar inspectors in the past, the country has made no such moves, and many experts inside the Bush administration and the I.A.E.A. believe it will avoid the risk of attempting “nuclear breakout” until it possessed a larger uranium supply. Even so, for President-elect Barack Obama, the report underscores the magnitude of the problem that he will inherit Jan. 20: an Iranian nuclear program

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    Bush Legacy Watch: Iran Acquires Enough Uranium For Single Nuclear Bomb

    http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/20/iran-uranium/
    47 days ago in Think Progress » Home Page · Authority: 6,595

    Bush Legacy Watch: Iran Acquires Enough Uranium For Single Nuclear Bomb By Guest Blogger at 1:16 pm Bush Legacy Watch: Iran Acquires Enough Uranium For Single Nuclear Bomb» Our guest blogger is Andy Grotto, a Senior National Security Analyst at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. According to data in a new IAEA report, Iran appears to have acquired enough enriched uranium for a single crude nuclear bomb on the Bush administratrion’s watch. Here’s the back-of-the-envelope math for all you geeks out there: – Iran possesses an estimated 630 kg of low-enriched uranium (LEU) containing 3-5% of the fissile isotope U-235. Uranium enriched at this level of U-235 purity is suitable for use in energy reactors. But uranium enriched to 90% U-235 (or greater) is considered weapons-grade highly-enriched uranium (HEU). – Iran could acquire weapons-grade HEU by further enriching its existing LEU stockpile, which contains somewhere between roughly 19 and 30 kg of U-235. This translates to around 21 to 33 kg of weapons-grade HEU. – Both the IAEA and the U.S. DOE say 25 kg of weapons-grade HEU is enough for one bomb; many experts believe the threshold is much lower, perhaps even half that. Thus, with its existing stockpile of LEU, Iran is well within range of having sufficient feed for one nuke. This is more of a political milestone than a technical one — there is no evidence to suggest that Iran has an actual bomb or the highly-enriched uranium needed to make one just yet. Iran would still need to further enrich its LEU, and there’s a good chance that the IAEA would eventually notice this if it took place in Iran’s known enrichment facilities. Moreover, Iran would still need to make the actual warhead and develop a suitable delivery mechanism. Finally, having a single bomb is a long way from having a credible arsenal. But make no mistake: Iran achieved this milestone on President Bush’s watch.

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    IRAN HAS ENOUGH FUEL FOR ONE BOMB !!!!

    http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2008/11/iran-has-enough-fuel-...
    47 days ago in YID With LID · Authority: 295

    According to a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency Iran has produced enough nuclear material to make at least one BOMB (the material would need a little more purification). When you add that revelation to the announcement of Iranian long rang missiles being tested last weeks, it seems that while the world has been fiddling, the lunatic Iranian President has been able to develop the tools to make the world burn. Read the full story below: Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors. The figures detailing Iran’s progress were contained in a routine update on Wednesday from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has been conducting inspections of the country’s main nuclear plant at Natanz. The report concluded that as of early this month, Iran had made 630 kilograms, or about 1,390 pounds, of low-enriched uranium. Several experts said that was enough for a bomb, but they cautioned that the milestone was mostly symbolic, because Iran would have to take additional steps. Not only would it have to breach its international agreements and kick out the inspectors, but it would also have to further purify the fuel and put it into a warhead design — a technical advance that Western experts are unsure Iran has yet achieved. “They clearly have enough material for a bomb,” said Richard L. Garwin, a top nuclear physicist who helped invent the hydrogen bomb and has advised Washington for decades. “They know how to do the enrichment. Whether they know how to design a bomb, well, that’s another matter.” Iran insists that it wants only to fuel reactors for nuclear power. But many Western nations, led by the United States, suspect that its real goal is to gain the ability to make nuclear weapons. While some Iranian officials have threatened to bar inspectors in

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    Iran Produces Low-enriched Uranium Bombette

    http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=28799
    47 days ago in Democrat Taylor Marsh Broadcasts Live Talk Radio and Blogs Politics · Authority: 409

    BY TAYLOR MARSH The New York Times article reports Iran has a single atom bomb of low-enriched uranium. So Im not impressed. An analogy is that its like making dough for bread, waiting for it to rise, but it doesnt. [...]The report concluded that as of

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    Those Wacky Iranians Have Fuel For One Nuclear Bomb

    http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/11/20/those-wacky-i...
    47 days ago in Stop The ACLU · Authority: 1,099

    Hmm, kinda makes the whole bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran thing sound pretty good, eh? Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to

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    Those Wacky Iranians Have Fuel For One Nuclear Bomb

    http://www.thepiratescove.us/2008/11/20/those-wacky-iranians...
    47 days ago in Pirate’s Cove — Avast, Sea Dogs! · Authority: 202

    Hmm, kinda makes the whole bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran thing sound pretty good, eh? Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to

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    Next Years Headlines Today, Part XV

    http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/11/20/next-years-headlines-t...
    47 days ago in Below The Beltway · Authority: 222

    Iran seems to be doing nicely with that nuclear program: Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors.

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    Morning Brief: The picture darkens

    http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/10346
    47 days ago in FP Passport | blogging on global news, politics, economics, and ideas · Authority: 1,015

    Morning Brief: The picture darkens Thu, 11/20/2008 - 8:43am Top Story Investors around the world may not know where the bottom lies, but collectively, they sure are trying to get there. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank below 8,000 points Wednesday

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    Good news: Armageddon is a day closer

    http://rightrainbow.com/2008/11/heres-some-good.html
    48 days ago in Right Side of the Rainbow · Authority: 25

    The New York Times report that Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb Just one, eh? Well, Im taking math this semester, and admittedly its not my strongest subject. But in this