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Iran Reported to Security Council
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no it means they are going to enrich uranium, for power generation use, they claim.
I can almost understand that statement, if they have been reported they just as well get on with it.
I can almost understand that statement, if they have been reported they just as well get on with it.
Enfield said:
Enriching uranium refines it to a more efficient material for nuclear related use. If they can refine it enough they could create weapons grade uranium, which would obviously be used for nuclear weapons.
As for the actual decision.. im slightly confused. So have we decided they can carry on? or are we putting in some rules saying they can only use it for power.
Not too sure what's happening really, I think it means they've been reported because everyone wants them to stop their nuclear activity until some sort of compromise is reached?
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Unenriched Uranium is ~0.7% U-235 (the fissile isotope) which needs to be enriched in order to produce power. Enriching it further produces weapons grade Uranium.gord said:
The NPT gives any and all signatories the right to enrich Uranium for peaceful purposes. It also obliges those who already possess nukes to reduce their armoury and not to give weapons technology to those who don't have it. Which means that the US is being more than a little hypocritical atm.
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Who here Believes after all the things Iran have said you would trust them with a nuclear program which could leed to nukes
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*expresses shock*Treefrog said:
I don't trust them at all, I mean their country is basically an oil field so wtf do they need nuclear power for
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Hmmmm, *thinks hard*Sirrel Squirrel said:
Why would they want U235?
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Possibly because oil won't last forever? Diversification? More export revenue?Sirrel Squirrel said:
How many people or Gov'ts do something because they need to, as opposed to because they want to?
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Dunnofatiain said:
, It's not like they're going to build a bomb or something 
.Anybody else slightly worried that this is going to go downhill bigtime?
A state that has virtually unlimited oil supplies and has expressed a desire to wipe another state off the face of the map wants the potential for weapons grade uranium and has consistently ignored the rest of the worlds concern is no reason to worry about anything , honestly.
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I can sort of understand why they want to technology, after all they're sworn ememy have nukes.
The thing about having nukes is it provides the dubious 'assurance' of MAD or mutually assured distruction, its pretty tenious though to be honest. As for already having oil they'd probably rather sell it to the west and use cheap nuclear energy, they mke much more money that way.
Can't say I am hugely worried; they would have trouble delivering a payload to Europe unless they sent it UPS. It will kick up a hell of a fuss in Israel tho.
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The thing about having nukes is it provides the dubious 'assurance' of MAD or mutually assured distruction, its pretty tenious though to be honest. As for already having oil they'd probably rather sell it to the west and use cheap nuclear energy, they mke much more money that way.
Can't say I am hugely worried; they would have trouble delivering a payload to Europe unless they sent it UPS. It will kick up a hell of a fuss in Israel tho.
MB
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Has it actually be confirmed that they are trying to enrich weapons grade uranium or is everyone just jumping to that conclusion?
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Matblack said:
"Mr Blair, would you sign for this, just here."
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lol. 