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>>> IRAN EYEANNOUNCED IT REACHED ITS PURITY UNIT OF URANIUM.
THIS COMES AFTER A WEEK AFTER
EXCEEDING THE LIMBITS OF VOLUME
OF ENRICHED URANIUM IT COULD
PRODUCE.
PRODUCE. THE RAW IS PROCESSED TO EXTRACT
U-235.
U-235. ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT WAYS
TO DO THAT IS USING CENTRAL
FUSES, SPINNING AT A HIGH SPEED,
ALLOWING THE U-235 TO SEPARATE
OUT.
OUT. THIS SEPARATED MATERIAL IS
CALLED ENRICHED RUEURANIUM.
IT IS USED.
WHAT YOU CAN DO DEPENDING ON THE
LEVEL OF ENRICHMENT.
THIS IS USED FOR NUCLEAR POWER
WHICH IS LARGELY WHAT IRAN HAS
SAID IT WANTS IT FOR.
ENRICHING URANIUM BETWEEN 20 OR
93% ALLOWING IT TO USE FOR
RESEARCH REACTOR.
RESEARCH REACTOR. ONCE IT IS ENRICHED TO 90% OR
MORE, IT IS SUITABLE TO USE IN
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS. NUCLEAR DEAL, THE JOINT
COMPREHENSIVE PLANT OF ACTION
REQUIRED IRAN TO SPIPHIP ALL OF
ENRICHED RUEURANIUM OUT OF THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IT WAS LIMITED TO 660 POUNDS OR
LESS.
LESS. THE TOP ENRICHMENT LEVEL, THE
COUNTRY WAS ALLOWED WAS SET AT
3.67% PURITIES.
3.67% PURITIES. AT THAT PURITY, YOU CAN’T DO
ANYTHING EXCEPT TO GENERATE
ENERGY.
ENERGY. THE AGENCY SAYS INSPECTOR WOULD
CHECK IF IRAN EXCEEDED THIS
ENRICHMENT.
ENRICHMENT. THE REASONS THOSE LIMITS ARE
IMPORTANT, IT TAKES ABOUT 550
POUNDS OR 250 KILOS OF 20%
ENRICHED RUEURANIUM.
ENRICHED RUEURANIUM. THE NUCLEAR DEAL RESTRICTED IRAN
TO JUST 5,060 TO ENRICH ITS RAW
URANIUM.
URANIUM. IRAN IS WARNING IT IS GOING TO
EN
EN ENRICH 20% IF SANCTIONS ARE NOT
REACHED.
REACHED. JOINING ME NOW IS PHYSICIST FOR
SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY.
SECURITY. DAVID ALBRITE.
DAVID ALBRITE. I DON’T KNOW IF I COMPLETELY
BOTCHED THAT BUT I AM TRYING TO
EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY THESE
NUMBERS ARE RELEVANT.
>> YOU DID QUITE WELL AND IT IS
A COMPLICATED SUBJECT AND I
CONGRATS YOU DOING AN EXCELLENT
JOB.
JOB. THE LIMITS TRYING TO KEEP IRAN
FAR AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO HAVE
WEAPON GRADE URANIUM OF U-235
FOR HAVING ENOUGH OF THAT TO
MAKE NUCLEAR WEAPON.
IT WOULD TAKE THEM A FULL YEAR.
TO GET THERE, IT MAY BE AS
LITTLE AS SEVEN MONTHS.
SEVEN MONTHS IS STILL A LONG
TIME.
TIME. THE DEAL OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR
PROGRAM CONSIDERABLY AND GREATLY
INCREASED THE BREAK-OUT TIMELINE
WHICH IS THE PRINCIPLE GOAL OF
THE DEAL.
THE DEAL. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT IRAN SAYS IT IS
GOING TO GET TO 20% OR ONCE IT
GETS TO 20%, DOES THAT MEAN THAT
THEY’RE HEADING TOWARDS A
NUCLEAR WEAPON OR WHAT WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO INFER SO FOR PEOPLE
TO SAY HEY LET’S TAKE IRAN
SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. >> IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE UP TO RIGHT NOW.
IRAN HAD MANY MINOR VIOLATIONS
OF THE DEAL IN THE PAST THEY
WALKING BACK.
WALKING BACK. THIS TIME WE ARE NOT SURE.
THEY STILL ARE RELATIVELY MINOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE LIMITS.
THEY DID NOT GO VERY FAR ON THE
LIMIT OF VOLUME OF ENRICHED
URANIUM OR HIGH ON THE ENRICHED
LEVEL OF 3.67%.
SO I MEAN WE DON’T KNOW WHERE
THIS IS HEADED.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS THAT THEY
ARE IMPLYING THEY ARE
POTENTIALLY WALKING AWAY FROM
THIS DEAL WHICH THEY HAVE THE
RIGHT TO DO.
WHAT IRAN IS RISKING THOUGH THAT
THE PARTY TO THE DEAL CAN SNAP
BACK SANCTIONS.
BACK SANCTIONS. IRAN IS RISKING AND MAKING EACH
SITUATION MUCH WORSE.
>> WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?
>> IT IS SUFFERING ENORMOUSLY
ENORMOUSLY --
ENORMOUSLY -- >> WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?
>> WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS?
I THINK -- MOST PEOPLE
COMMENTING IRAN THINKS IT CAN
INCREASE PRESSURE ON EUROPE TO
STEP INTO LIMIT U.S. SANCTIONS,
IT COULD TRY TO CREATE A BETTER
NEGOTIATION PLATFORM IF IT IS
GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. IRAN HAS REASONS TO DO THIS BUT
I THINK UNFORTUNATELY IF IRAN IS
NOT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH
THE UNITED STATES, IT IS
PROBABLY HEADED TOWARDS TO SNAP
BACK SANCTIONS BY THE EU AND IT
CONTINUES DOWN THIS PATH.
IT DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL BE
MILITARY ACTION.
MILITARY ACTION. I DON’T THINK THIS IS ABOUT
MILITARY ACTION AT ALL.
I DON’T THINK IRAN IS RISKING
IT.
IT. IT IS RISKING MUCH GREATER
SANCTIONS IF IT CONTINUES DOWN
THIS PATH.
THIS PATH. >> HOW MUCH CAPABILITIES DOES
IRAN HAS TO GET TO NUCLEAR
WEAPON.
WEAPON. CAN THEY DO IT WITH THE STUFF
THEY GOT?
THEY GOT? >> YES, UNFORTUNATELY, ANOTHER
CHILL
CHILL CHILLING FACT THAT EMERGED
RECENTLY IN TEHERAN.
THEY SEIZED IT IN EARLY 2018 AND
MY INSTITUTE STUDIES SIGNIFICANT
PORTIONS OF THOSE DOCUMENTS OVER
THE LAST YEAR AND IRAN HAS A
MUCH MORE ADVANCE NUCLEAR WEAPON
PROGRAM THAT WAS KNOWN AT THE
TIME IT WAS NEGOTIATED AND IT
CAN RECONSTITUTE THAT EFFORT AND
MAINTAINING THAT CARARCHIVE.
THE UNITED STATES CAN ARGUE THAT
THE IRAN IS VIOLATING JPOA.
IT MEANS THAT IRAN CAN BUILD