Comments on: Iran: How’s That Centrifuge Program? https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/06/15/iran-hows-that-centrifuge-program/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: yale https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/06/15/iran-hows-that-centrifuge-program/#comment-562 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:15:15 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/iran-hows-that-centrifuge-program/#comment-562 Linked cascades are of value for efficiently creating economic reactor fuel, but nothing at Natanz bears any relationship to an actual fuel plant.

For bomb-making, unlinked, batch processing cascades can be a distinct advantage.

It is always important to recognize the difference between trying to create 25 tons a year of LEU versus 0.02 tons of HEU.

A raggedy-ass process, unfettered by any requirement for efficiency or cost-effectiveness, is good enough for a bomb.

]]> By: Karl Schenzig https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/06/15/iran-hows-that-centrifuge-program/#comment-561 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:51:57 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/iran-hows-that-centrifuge-program/#comment-561 Dear Mr. Kerr,

On an issue related to your post, the infamous Israeli website, debka.com, has published rumours that Russia has delivered nuclear fuel to Bushehr on “June 10 or 11”. Do you know what the actual status of that fuel is?

To address briefly the text of your post, I think we would both agree that unnamed diplomats and El Baradei do not qualify as reliable sources. Therefore, the situation regarding the availability of reliable information on Iran’s nuclear development efforts is exceptionally grave.

Yours,

Karl Schenzig

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