The International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of Oct. 26, Iran had just over 400 pounds of uranium enriched up to 60%, up 38.8 pounds since the last report in August.
By Stephanie Liechtenstein, Associated PressThe reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the city of Bushehr, Iran.
Uranium enriched at 60% purity is just a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. Adding to the complexity, Donald Trump’s reelection raises questions about whether and how the incoming administration and Iran may engage. The report said that one day after Grossi left Iran, on Nov. 16, IAEA inspectors verified that “Iran had begun implementation of preparatory measures aimed at stopping the increase of its stockpile of uranium enriched up to 60 % U-235″ at its underground nuclear sites in Fordow and Natanz.
Iran has maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but Grossi, has previously warned that Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several” nuclear bombs if it chose to do so. He has acknowledged the U.N. agency cannot guarantee that none of Iran’s centrifuges may have been peeled away for clandestine enrichment.
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