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(1) Blocks highly enriched Uranium pathways at Natanz & (2) Fordow

  • Iran would need two key elements to construct a uranium bomb: tens of thousands of centrifuges and enough highly enriched uranium to produce enough material to construct a uranium bomb. [1]
  • There are currently two uranium enrichment facilities in the country: the Natanz facility and the Fordow facility.
  • Let’s take a look at Iran’s uranium stockpile first. Currently, Iran has a uranium stockpile to create 8 to ten nuclear bombs.
  • But thanks to this nuclear deal, Iran must reduce its stockpile of uranium by 98%, and will keep its level of uranium enrichment at 3.67% -- significantly below the enrichment level needed to create a bomb.
  • Iran also needs tens of thousands of centrifuges to create highly enriched uranium for a bomb. Right now, Iran has nearly 20,000 centrifuges between their Natanz and Fordow facilities. But under this deal, Iran must reduce its centrifuges to 6,104 for the next ten years. No enrichment will be allowed at the Fordow facility at all, and the only centrifuges Iran will be allowed to use are their oldest and least efficient models.
  • In short, here’s the difference the deal will make:

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1. Deal blocks the four pathways to a nuclear weapon
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(1) Blocks highly enriched Uranium pathways at Natanz & (2) Fordow
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(3) Blocks the weapons grade plutonium pathway at the Arak reactor
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(4) Blocks covert attempts to produce fissile material
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