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Originally Posted by Rip
It is possible to have nuclear power plants that can't be used to create nuclear weapons. Iran refuses to go that route, so despite what they say their intentions are obvious.
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Plutonium is a by product of fission reactors so I think it would be very difficult to rule out weaponising. Add to that the statements that they have 1700 gaseous centrifuges and the implication is clear.
Gaseous centrifuges are used in a cascade method to purify Uranium into high concentrations of U235 from U238. U235 at purities above 90% are vital for effective nuclear weapons.
So now if Iran builds a nuclear reactor (peraps a small one as under soldier stadium), plutonium will result, and with 1700 centrifuges working to create moe U235 All the components of a nuclear explosive are available.