Iran’s Conversion of Uranium Hexafluoride to Uranium Metal Not a Bottleneck to an Iranian Nuclear Weapon

Iran’s Conversion of Uranium Hexafluoride to Uranium Metal Not a Bottleneck to an Iranian Nuclear Weapon

As I have previously written, Iran’s sizable stockpile of 60% enricheduranium has very likely survived both Israeli and American bombingattacks. Even if only a very small fraction of Iran’s centrifugeenrichment capacity has survived, Iran will be able to produce the 90%enriched uranium desired for nuclear weapons in less than a month onceelectric power is restored to the enrichment centrifuges. Iran’s abilityto produce 90% enriched uranium means…