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(3) Blocks the weapons grade plutonium pathway at the Arak reactor

  • The third way Iran could build a nuclear weapon is by using weapons-grade plutonium. The only site where Iran could accomplish this is the Arak reactor, a heavy-water nuclear reactor. [1]
  • Right now, this reactor could be used in a weapons program, but under this deal, the Arak reactor will be redesigned so it cannot produce any weapons-grade plutonium. And all the spent fuel rods (which could also be source material for weapons-grade plutonium) will be sent out of the country as long as this reactor exists.
  • What’s more, Iran will not be able to build a single heavy-water reactor for at least 15 years.
  • That means, because of this deal, Iran will no longer have a source for weapons-grade plutonium.
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