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In reply to the discussion: I am sick of Trump apologists always using the same bullshit nuclear argument. [View all]Eko
(10,101 posts)Uranium enriched to 60 per cent cannot be used to make a useful nuclear explosive device, and Iran has no other realistic use for this material.
Nevertheless, 60 per cent was not an arbitrary choice. Cascades of centrifuges are designed to enrich uranium in steps; Irans centrifuges are likely set up to enrich up to 20 per cent, from 20 to 60 per cent, and from 60 to 90 per cent. Assuming the 60 per cent-enriched uranium is stored in the form of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gasand there would be no point in Iran converting it to any other chemical formthe enrichment step from 60 per cent-enriched to weapons-grade uranium is very short.
This strongly suggests that Irans decision was intended to send a political message: We have gone as far as we can go in response to provocations without producing weapons-grade uranium.
https://www.sipri.org/commentary/essay/2021/why-iran-producing-60-cent-enriched-uranium
This sentence from you is false. "They are enriching uranium for weapons." they would have to be at 90% for that to be true.