Iran's Uranium Deuteride Experiments

(Arms Control Wonk) Jeffrey Lewis - Paragraph 35 of the Iran report reveals that Iran conducted "experiments involving the explosive compression of uranium deuteride to produce a short burst of neutrons" - research that has no known application other than for nuclear weapons. Although this information was reported in December 2009, this is the most explicit IAEA confirmation of the allegation to date.


2011-05-31 00:00:00

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