The Esfahan Uranium Conversion Facility

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This website seeks to make available in a single location a broad array of information about Iran's nuclear program, from current news and assessments of this program, to ongoing diplomatic activity aimed at halting its uranium enrichment activity, to commercial satellite imagery and ground photos of nuclear-related sites, and information about Iran's illicit nuclear trade.

This site was made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation.

    • December 2, 2008
      Has Iran Achieved a Nuclear Weapons Breakout Capability?  Not yet but soon.

      As Iran’s operation of its gas centrifuges has expanded and improved, there is growing focus on the quantity of low enriched uranium (LEU) produced at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP).  This is understandably an important topic deserving of close scrutiny.  However, lost in often imprecise reporting are important qualifiers such as units of measurement. As we explain below, understanding these units is relevant to Iran’s timetable to a weapons capability, or “break-out.”

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