>>Good discussion. The uranium has been refined to reactor quality. More refining is need for bomb grade material. What if Iran does nothing but report progress on the nukes and that fact forces Israel to act. That would start one big ole war. However, if the Israelis want to take out the place they have a delivery problem. The US will not allow the Israelis to cross Iraq, so they have to go around. That will give them a re-fueling dilema. The only thing I can think of to get them there is to run an oil tanker, under another flag, into the area and launch a missle of some sort from the tanker. Any ideas?
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>A LOT MORE refining.
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>Uranium ore is .7% U235.
>Reactor fuel is 3-4% U235.
>Bomb grade is 90% U235.
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>This story plays on the ignorance of most people of what is actually involved in making a nuclear bomb.
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>I certainly hope Israel does not attack Iran because of a small amount of reactor fuel.
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>Peter

Agreed - I've seen the bomb grade stuff. It looks like a shotput.