is for fuel ) fromt eh uranium hexafloride gas then it goes into
treaty violation. As for those other countries, yes they develop
reactor fuel, but again their concentration facilities don't go over
the 3.5% level, AFAIK.
regards,
larry
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:24:22 -0400, Jochem van Dieten
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Larry C. Lyons wrote:
> > Iran signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Therefore by creating
> > the infrastructure to be able to build nuclear weapons, its violating
> > the treaty provisions.
>
> Only if the infrastructure is just for creating nuclear weapons. A dual-use infrastructure, and that is exactly what an enrichment facility is, is allowed. In fact, the article even says:
> "Iran, as a signatory of the nonproliferation treaty, has the right to convert uranium into a gas and to concentrate the fissile 235 isotope in that gas with high-speed centrifuges, a process known as enrichment."
>
> Many countries that have signed the non proliferation treaty have enrichment facilities: Japan, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands (and we 'exported' the technology to Pakistan and presumably Iran), Brazil, Spain, Belgium etc.
>
> Jochem
>
>
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