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U.N. Finds Uranium in Iran Enriched to Higher Level
Source: New York Times
U.N. Finds Uranium in Iran Enriched to Higher Level
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: May 25, 2012
United Nations nuclear inspectors in Iran have found trace amounts of uranium enriched beyond the highest previously reported levels, according to a diplomat in Vienna who said on Friday that the elevated reading would be addressed in a quarterly report on Iran’s nuclear program.
The report, to be delivered to the board of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency later Friday, will include the figure of 27 percent enrichment, the diplomat said, a potentially alarming development since it moves the purity of Iran’s uranium enrichment closer toward bomb-grade material even as a group of six world powers are negotiating with Tehran to shift its nuclear program in the opposite direction.
Whether the 27 percent figure represents a trace amount or a substantial quantity appears for the moment to be unknown publicly.
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The diplomat in Vienna, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity, cautioned that I.A.E.A. is investigating the reading and that the spike in purity could turn out to be accidental.
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By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: May 25, 2012
United Nations nuclear inspectors in Iran have found trace amounts of uranium enriched beyond the highest previously reported levels, according to a diplomat in Vienna who said on Friday that the elevated reading would be addressed in a quarterly report on Iran’s nuclear program.
The report, to be delivered to the board of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency later Friday, will include the figure of 27 percent enrichment, the diplomat said, a potentially alarming development since it moves the purity of Iran’s uranium enrichment closer toward bomb-grade material even as a group of six world powers are negotiating with Tehran to shift its nuclear program in the opposite direction.
Whether the 27 percent figure represents a trace amount or a substantial quantity appears for the moment to be unknown publicly.
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The diplomat in Vienna, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity, cautioned that I.A.E.A. is investigating the reading and that the spike in purity could turn out to be accidental.
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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/world/middleeast/un-finds-uranium-in-iran-enriched-to-higher-level.html
