UN nuclear watchdog IAEA says it is in discussions with Iran on the origin of uranium particles at Fordow plant enriched to up to 83.7 percent purity, very close to weapons grade
The International Atomic Energy Agency has chided Iran in an earlier report for making substantial changes to those cascades without informing the UN body.
Weapons grade is around 90 percent. While spikes in enrichment levels can occur and this could have been accidental, this spike is relatively large. "Regarding the origin of the particles enriched above 60% U-235, identified after the implementation of the new cascade configuration at FFEP, discussions with Iran are still continuing," the confidential IAEA report to member states said.
According to IAEA terminology, around 42 kg of uranium enriched to 60 percent purity is a "significant quantity", defined as "the approximate amount of nuclear material for which the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear explosive device cannot be excluded".
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