Iranisches Atomprogramm

[ThomasWach]

Hier ein Artikel, der sich mit den neuen Berichten der IAEA über den Stand des Iranischen Atomprogrammes beschäftigt und alles in allem recht kritisch mit dem Fortschritt des Programms und den unbeantworteten Fragen durch die iranische Seite ist.

Nuclear agency says Iran has improved enrichment
By Elaine Sciolino Published: September 16, 2008

PARIS: Iran has substantially improved the efficiency of its centrifuges that produce enriched uranium, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday, indicating that the nation has overcome some of the technical challenges that had plagued its enrichment program.
In a six-page report, the agency charged the Iranians with continuing to stonewall about what some Western governments suspected was Iran's past research on designing a nuclear weapon.
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In another revelation, the agency said for the first time that a foreign expert or group of experts may have helped Iran with experiments on a detonator that could be used in the implosion of a nuclear weapon.
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Iran is now running about 3,800 centrifuges, the machines that make enriched uranium, an increase of several hundred in the past four months, the report said.
More significantly, it has increased the efficiency of its centrifuges to about 80 percent from about 50 percent, according to calculations based on the report's figures.
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Quelle:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/16/a...16iran.php