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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
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Oh, dude... more from your story:
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Iran has 164 centrifuges in a system that Ahmadinejad said had been used to enrich uranium to a degree useful in a civilian nuclear reactor but not in a weapon. Centrifuges spin at a high rate to separate a gaseous form of enriched uranium.
With such a small number of machines, it would take 13 years to produce enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon, Stephen Rademaker, U.S. assistant secretary of state in charge of non-proliferation issues, said Wednesday.
With 3,000 centrifuges, enough material for one weapon could be produced in 271 days, Rademaker said.
With 54,000 centrifuges, enough for a single weapon could be produced in 16 days.
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But did you notice...
your story is from April 2006?
Since that time:
"Iran is currently installing 3,000 centrifuges, intends to go to 54,000"
AP Jan 2007
"Iran close to running 3,000 centrifuges, says El Baradei"
BBC Jun 2007