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Iran Accelerating Nuclear Enrichment Activities


[Financial Times-UK] Daniel Dombey - Mohamed ElBaradei, the UN's chief nuclear inspector, suggested Iran's test centrifuges were now functioning smoothly after early teething pains. He said Iran could be six months to a year away from operating an industrial size cascade of 3,000 centrifuges. If 3,000 centrifuges ran smoothly for a year, they could produce enough material for a bomb. Meir Dagan, the head of Israel's Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, in December told the Knesset that by 2008, Iran would be able to develop 25 kg. of highly enriched uranium - enough for a bomb - and a weapon the following year.
2007-02-22 01:00:00
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