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September 1, 2010
On August 27, 2010, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) and Vice President of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that the country had produced 25 kilograms of 19.75 percent enriched uranium at Natanz since it began enriching uranium up to this level in February 2010. The implied rate of 19.75% uranium production is consistent… Read More ›
Technical Note: Iran Recycles the Tails in the Production of 19.75 Percent Uranium
August 6, 2010
ISIS has learned that Iran is now using the second cascade at the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) at Natanz to recycle the tails from the first cascade that produces 19.75 percent enriched uranium from 3.5 percent low enriched uranium (LEU). The purpose is not to increase the output of 19.75 percent material but to maximize the use of the… Read More ›
Pressure Building on Iran (Corrected Version)
July 29, 2010
In recent weeks, Iran has been faced with a new round of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, unilateral United States, European Union, Canadian, and Australian sanctions, and a resulting decreased ability to import gasoline, industrial, and consumer goods due to… Read More ›
Has Iran initiated a slow motion breakout to a nuclear weapon?
July 12, 2010
by David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced today that Iran intends on producing 120 kilograms of 19.75 percent uranium by September 2011, purportedly for use in the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). Salehi also announced that Iran is working on producing fuel… Read More ›
Salehi Says Sanctions May Slow Iran’s Nuclear Program; Lacks Measuring Equipment
July 7, 2010
In a somewhat surprising detour from the official line, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said today that United Nations sanctions could slow Iran’s nuclear program, and in particular, the enrichment program.
UAE Cracks Down on Iran’s Illicit Trade
June 25, 2010
On June 21, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper, Gulf News Daily, quoted an anonymous government official as saying the UAE had closed down some 40 local and international companies associated with illicit trade to Iran over the past two years. The official said that these companies traded in “dual-use and dangerous materials banned under UN resolutions… Read More ›
Iran’s Lack of Experience in Making TRR Fuel Elements Leaves Room for LEU Fuel Swap
June 24, 2010
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, announced yesterday that Iran had produced 17 kg of 19.75 percent enriched uranium at Natanz. He said that the fuel will be used to operate the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). Iran’s inexperience in making fuel elements for the TRR raises questions about its claims… Read More ›
Salehi Claims Iran Has 17kg of 19.75% Enriched Uranium
June 23, 2010
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced that Iran has produced 17 kilograms (kg) of 19.75 percent enriched uranium at Natanz. Based on the May 31 IAEA Safeguards Report, ISIS… Read More ›