{"id":274,"date":"2005-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-10-01T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T20:26:49","slug":"iran-given-nuclear-weapon-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ado-world.com\/en\/iran-given-nuclear-weapon-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran given ‘nuclear weapon’ data"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> has resumed uranium conversion<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>
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Friday, 18 November 2005<\/SPAN><\/P>
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Iran has passed on to United Nations inspectors documents on how to build a crucial part of a nuclear bomb, the UN’s atomic agency says.<\/SPAN><\/B> <\/SPAN><\/P>
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Tehran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> says it got the information from the nuclear smuggling network run by disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan, according to an agency report. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The Iranians say they neither requested the data from AQ Khan nor used it. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The agency concludes <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> has improved co-operation with its inspectors, but has yet to provide full transparency. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more openness was “indispensable and overdue”. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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Tehran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> insists its nuclear programme is for energy purposes only. <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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IRAN<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>‘S NUCLEAR STANDOFF <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>
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September 2002:<\/SPAN><\/B> Work begins on <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>‘s first nuclear reactor at Bushehr<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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December 2002:<\/SPAN><\/B> Satellite photographs reveal nuclear sites at <\/SPAN>Arak<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Natanz. <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> agrees to an IAEA inspection<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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September 2003:<\/SPAN><\/B> IAEA gives <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> weeks to prove it is not pursuing atomic weapons<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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November 2003:<\/SPAN><\/B> <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> suspends uranium enrichment and allows tougher inspections; IAEA says no proof of any weapons programme<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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June 2004: <\/SPAN><\/B>IAEA rebukes <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> for not fully co-operating with nuclear inquiry<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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November 2004:<\/SPAN><\/B> <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> suspends uranium enrichment as part of deal with EU<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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August 2005:<\/SPAN><\/B> <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> rejects EU proposals and resumes work at <\/SPAN>Isfahan<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> nuclear plant<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>
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But many board IAEA members are concerned about <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>‘s decision to resume uranium conversion – a precursor to enrichment. Highly enriched uranium can be used to make nuclear weapons. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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In a five-page internal report, the agency said the Iranians had obtained data on casting and machining uranium metal, from AQ Khan’s network in 1987. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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A source familiar with the report told the BBC the information amounted to “design information which could be used for a critical part of a nuclear bomb”. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus says the document raises many questions. <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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The handover would appear to be a demonstration of good faith – but <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>‘s recent resumption of uranium conversion suggests a hardening of the Iranian position, our correspondent adds. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The chief US delegate to the IAEA, Gregory Schulte, said the information “concerns us very much”. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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“<\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> owes the board of governors its explanation of what was it doing with these documents,” he said. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>
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Mined uranium ore is purified and reconstituted into solid form known as yellowcake<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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Yellowcake is converted into a gas by heating it to about 64C (147F) <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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Gas is fed through centrifuges, where its isotopes separate and process is repeated until uranium is enriched<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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Low-level enriched uranium is used for nuclear fuel<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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Highly enriched uranium can be used in nuclear weapons.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>
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“Why did it fail to disclose them to the board and to the IAEA in the past?” <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The IAEA report called on <\/SPAN>Tehran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to give more information on equipment that could have both civilian and military uses. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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It also said <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> had to provide access “to relevant military-owned workshops and research and development locations”. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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Talks between European countries and <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> broke down in August, when <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> resumed nuclear conversion for the first time after a nine-month hiatus. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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In September the IAEA’s board called on <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> to cease all nuclear fuel work, and threatened to refer <\/SPAN>Tehran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to the UN Security Council, which can impose sanctions. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The IAEA’s board of governors is set to meet again next week. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The US and <\/SPAN>Europe<\/SPAN><\/st1:place> want <\/SPAN>Iran<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> to give up all activities that could be used to make nuclear weapons. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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The IAEA report came as senior <\/SPAN>US<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> envoy Nicholas Burns met British, French and German negotiators in <\/SPAN>London<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> ahead of next week’s meeting. <\/SPAN><\/P>
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US<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> state department spokesman Adam Ereli said the talks would consider “how together we can all act to accomplish our common goal”. <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD>
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