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Former IAEA Official: Iran Could Soon Be Able to Build Nukes in Just Two Weeks


(Washington Free Beacon) Alana Goodman - Olli Heinonen, the former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters on Monday that Iran could soon have the ability to enrich enough missile-grade uranium to build a bomb in just two weeks. Heinonen said the advanced centrifuges that Iran recently began installing will "radically reduce the so-called breakout time." "I believe that if certain arrangements are done, [the breakout time] can even go down to two weeks," said Heinonen. But he estimated that Iran would need around one year to complete the weapons component and delivery system to actually launch an attack.
2013-10-29 00:00:00
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