On 3/23/2010 7:42 AM, John wrote:
I think it has something to do with the IAEA asking Iran: "Do you have
any other uranium enrichment facilities you haven't told us about?"
And Iran answers: "No."
Then the IAEA asks: "Then what's this thing that was built inside the
mountain near Qom?"
And Iran answers: "Other than that one of course."
That's not exactly how you build trust with the rest of the world.

Pat

The question hinges on enrichment. If any country is enriching
uranium to only 5% U235 (the enrichment would in typical although not
all commercial nuclear reactors), I would not give it a second
thought.

If on the other hand, a country is enriching to weapons grade-level,
then they should not be especially surprised if they attract the
attention of others. Enrichment just costs too darn much to justify
higher enrichments.

Unless you need high power density in a small volume without refueling
(i.e. more modern submarine reactor designs), high enrichment is
absurdly expensive . . . unless you want to build weapons.

The Iranians are claiming they need uranium enriched to 20% for their
medical research reactor.
The Iranians are basically seeing just how much **** they can get away
with for the simple purpose of ****ing everyone off.

Pat