(Times of Israel) Mitch Ginsburg - Prof. Uzi Even, one of the founders of Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona, said in a recent interview that he had no doubt about Iran's intention to create a nuclear arsenal. Even believes Iran has already, covertly, created the 20-25 kg. of highly-enriched uranium necessary to conduct a successful underground test. The final stage of enrichment, from 20% to weapons-grade fuel, "can be done underground, in something the size of a storage room, and no one would know," he said. Yet Iran remains several years shy of being able to deploy a weapon due to the weight of a uranium warhead, as compared with one made of plutonium.
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