By Micaela Burrow
‘It could fashion directly a nuclear explosive’
Iran has stockpiled enough enriched uranium to produce a nuclear bomb, analysts concluded in a Monday report that confirmed findings the UNâs nuclear watchdog published on May 30.
âIn essence, Iran has effectively broken out slowly by accumulating 60 percent enriched uranium,â analysts from the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) wrote. The ISIS report corroborated earlier findings in the International Atomic Energy Agencyâs (IAEA) quarterly Safeguards report on Iranâs ability to build a nuclear weapon, saying the country has âcrossed a dangerous new threshold.â
âIt has enough 60 percent enriched uranium, or highly enriched uranium (HEU) in the form of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) to be assured it could fashion directly a nuclear explosive,â according to the report.