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re: at it again

From the BBC article:

It says the report was wrong to say that Iran had enriched uranium to weapons-grade level when the IAEA had only found small quantities of enrichment at far lower levels.


News article here.

The IAEA glossary definition:

uranium, highly enriched (HEU). Enriched uranium with a proportion of uranium-235 high enough for use in nuclear weapons, typically over 90% by mass.


Even if the contamination was lower than 90 percent, enrichment above about 5 percent is past that needed for nuclear power. Claiming that it isn't 90 percent bomb grade "yet" is skirting the issue. If they are enriching to double-digit levels at all, it's for bombs.

Background on Charlier here.

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