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  • But North Korea has neither admitted nor disclosed anything further and has learned that it suffers no consequences for what may have been an attempt to outsource the making of bomb-grade fuel.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • In theory, Iran has enough low-enriched about 3 to 5 percent uranium to convert into bomb-grade material for at least one nuclear weapon.

    Iran and the effort to halt its nuclear ambitions Glenn Kessler 2011

  • This is not a casual, thrown-in line but rather significant: the North Koreans, who have the bomb, are helping the Iranians and so all the attention focused on the underground Iranian centrifuges, reportedly producing bomb-grade uranium, may be a red herring: the North Koreans could just hand one to the Iranians, who have plenty of cash to pay the cash-starved North Koreans.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • This is not a casual, thrown-in line but rather significant: the North Koreans, who have the bomb, are helping the Iranians and so all the attention focused on the underground Iranian centrifuges, reportedly producing bomb-grade uranium, may be a red herring: the North Koreans could just hand one to the Iranians, who have plenty of cash to pay the cash-starved North Koreans.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • But North Korea has neither admitted nor disclosed anything further and has learned that it suffers no consequences for what may have been an attempt to outsource the making of bomb-grade fuel.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • North Korea is estimated to have eighty-two pounds of bomb-grade plutonium.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • It takes thousands of centrifuges arrayed in complex and highly fragile interconnected cascades to enrich uranium to bomb-grade levels.

    Michael Bronner: Civil War (Hold the Mustard...) Michael Bronner 2011

  • It noted that Iran had enriched 70.8 kilos of uranium to a 20% level, a significant step toward bomb-grade material, and that it was planning to triple production at its heavily fortified facility near the city of Qom.

    Now For a Real Iran Debate Bret Stephens 2011

  • It takes thousands of centrifuges arrayed in complex and highly fragile interconnected cascades to enrich uranium to bomb-grade levels.

    Michael Bronner: Civil War (Hold the Mustard...) Michael Bronner 2011

  • North Korea is estimated to have eighty-two pounds of bomb-grade plutonium.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

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