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EX500rider

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6. Only one reason to have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain enriching to 60%+ and it's not power plants

Reply to ChicagoTeamster (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 04:24 PM

21 hrs ago

Most commercial nuclear power plants (specifically Light Water Reactors) require uranium enriched to 3%–5% Uranium-235

Advanced Reactors (HALEU): 5% – 19.75%

Iran is currently producing uranium enriched to 60% purity, far exceeding civilian needs and holding significant, rapidly growing stockpiles.
Only required for bombs.

On May 31, 2025, IAEA reported that Iran had sharply increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity, just below weapons-grade, reaching over 408 kilograms, a nearly 50% rise since February

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Don't think there is any plan to invade. just bomb from the air EX500rider 22 hrs ago #4

On what basis? Trump said we destroyed all of their nuclear enrichment facilities last time. ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #5

Only one reason to have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain enriching to 60%+ and it's not power plants EX500rider 21 hrs ago #6

That's after Trump destroyed the treaty and the means of verification and enforcement. ChicagoTeamster 20 hrs ago #7

Maybe they shouldn't have signed and still be bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ? EX500rider 19 hrs ago #8

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