Iran to Begin Enriching Uranium

Cross-posted from Right on the Right:
Iran is now on the brink of nuclear weapons, literally. Apparently an Iranian official has leaked that Iran is to begin enriching uranium. Enriched uranium is the necessary component to build nuclear weapons that Iran has been unable to obtain at this point. If we allow this process to continue, Iran WILL become a nuclear power. I support immediate military action, to prevent the development of nuclear weapons. Whether it be bombing or special forces, IRAN MUST BE STOPPED.

ABC News: Sources: Iran to Begin Enriching Uranium

Jan. 9, 2006 — ABC News has learned that Iran intends to begin enriching uranium — the critical step in making material for nuclear weapons — a move European diplomats and officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, have tried to prevent over the past three years.

Sources with knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program tell ABC News that a senior Iranian official notified the IAEA verbally over the weekend of its intention to introduce uranium hexafluoride gas, or UF6, into centrifuges at a facility in Natanz, 150 miles south of Tehran.

Introducing UF6 into centrifuges is the necessary step in producing enriched uranium. The centrifuges work by separating out uranium-235 atoms, which can be used to make nuclear weapons and also to fuel nuclear reactors, from heavier uranium-238 atoms.

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