Iran completes process of eliminating enriched uranium

[Chinese-Dragon]

BBC News - Iran completes process of eliminating enriched uranium

Iran has turned all of its enriched uranium closest to the level needed to make nuclear arms into more harmless forms, the UN nuclear agency says.

The conversion of its stock of 20%-enriched uranium was part of a deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme.

The US said last week it would unblock $2.8bn in frozen Iranian funds in return for Iran's compliance.

A four-month extension to talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions was agreed on Friday between Iran and world powers.

The talks are aimed at persuading Iran to limit its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.

The country insists that it is enriching uranium for use in nuclear power stations and for medical purposes.

Promising sign

Correspondents say Iran's completion of eliminating its most worrying uranium stockpile is a promising sign that its leaders do not want to derail the diplomatic process.

A new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran is observing all of its other commitments as well.

Iran had more than 200kg of 20%-enriched uranium when the preliminary agreement to convert it was reached last November.

At 20%, enriched uranium can be converted quickly to arm a nuclear weapon and experts said 200kg was enough to make one nuclear warhead.

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Any thoughts about this news?

 

[bdslph]

see nothing to worry abt you jsut need to talk to Iran

 

[mehboobkz]

They (Iran) can still buy the stuff from Korea del Norte...

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

What I don't get, is if they had no intention of building a bomb in the first place, then why go through all those sanctions?

 

[ashok321]

What I don't get, is if they had no intention of building a bomb in the first place, then why go through all those sanctions?

They have learned it "hard way".

 

[haman10]

What I don't get, is if they had no intention of building a bomb in the first place, then why go through all those sanctions?

nah mate , u clearly are not informed abt whats going on .

they asked iran NOT to enrich urainum , to destroy natanz and fordo and tehran nuclear reactor ! by joke iranian officials said that the next step will be prohibiting iran from teaching nuclear physics in schools

iran never wanted to pursue nuclear weapons , we just wanted our inevitable rights to use peaceful nuclear energy and they did'nt respect that .

we went for it anyway , cause it was our right .

now we stopped producing 20% uranium , cause our stockpile is enough for abt 5 yrs

 

[IR1907]

nah mate , u clearly are not informed abt whats going on .

they asked iran NOT to enrich urainum , to destroy natanz and fordo and tehran nuclear reactor ! by joke iranian officials said that the next step will be prohibiting iran from teaching nuclear physics in schools

iran never wanted to pursue nuclear weapons , we just wanted our inevitable rights to use peaceful nuclear energy and they did'nt respect that .

we went for it anyway , cause it was our right .

now we stopped producing 20% uranium , cause our stockpile is enough for abt 5 yrs

Do our officials never make mistakes ?

 

[haman10]

Do our officials never make mistakes ?

sure .... one of them was this "peace" shyte which is going on in talks .

we shouldn't have stopped enriching 20% uranium

 

[invinciblesgunner]

the west should be more worried about israel having a nuke, they are like a corrupt police officer.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Iran should refocus on its Economy and forget about building Nuclear Weapons. You cannot feed your people uranium,
People come first.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

nah mate , u clearly are not informed abt whats going on .

they asked iran NOT to enrich urainum , to destroy natanz and fordo and tehran nuclear reactor ! by joke iranian officials said that the next step will be prohibiting iran from teaching nuclear physics in schools

iran never wanted to pursue nuclear weapons , we just wanted our inevitable rights to use peaceful nuclear energy and they did'nt respect that .

we went for it anyway , cause it was our right .

now we stopped producing 20% uranium , cause our stockpile is enough for abt 5 yrs

The article says that Iran has gotten rid of ALL its 20% enriched uranium?

 

[haman10]

The article says that Iran has gotten rid of ALL its 20% enriched uranium?

"gotten rid of " means that iran has destroyed its 20% enriched urainum stockpile .

which is totally un-true .

iran converted the stockpile into fuel rods . a conversion which cannot be reversed .

fuel rods are used in nuclear reactors to produce electricity and so on .

 

[rmi5]

"gotten rid of " means that iran has destroyed its 20% enriched urainum stockpile .

which is totally un-true .

iran converted the stockpile into fuel rods . a conversion which cannot be reversed .

fuel rods are used in nuclear reactors to produce electricity and so on .

Actually, it can be reversed, but its technical stuff is very complicated, and costs money.

 

[haman10]

Actually, it can be reversed, but its technical stuff is very complicated, and costs money.

you're the expert , i donno .

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

What I don't get, is if they had no intention of building a bomb in the first place, then why go through all those sanctions?

The article says that Iran has gotten rid of ALL its 20% enriched uranium?

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