Trump says he bombed Iran

[govshill2]

Somebody can win the Grand Boobie Prize if they can guess and show WHY The U.S. even let Iran lay mines and declare ownership of The Straight and make the delays happen like we see.

THINK Hard 

What's the real reasons?   

[govshill2]

60% enriched uranium has numerous research, medical and industrial uses and isn't weapons grade.


So, they have had 60% enriched Uranium for five years, and it still hasn't been enriched beyond that. Yet enrichment from 60% to 90% would only take weeks. Think about that!


Are they?

What does the actual evidence say?


And where do you think they might store 440kg of enriched Uranium?

I imagine it would be best kept inside a nuclear reactor, as fuel rods, because HEU needs containment, it needs close monitoring for safety, it needs occasional handling because the radiation output needs to be controlled and it degrades most storage mediums, and it would be a waste to not do anything with it (like power generation, neutron irradiation of silicon for semiconductor production, nuclear medicine, isotopic production for use in metrology, and for research).

"60% enriched uranium has numerous research, medical and industrial uses and isn't weapons grade."

So did Iran ever prove they were/are using that 60% U for those purposes???

Buzzzzzzzzz   

[chr0naut]

Trump didn't break the Treaty, he just withdrew The U.S. from it and re-instated some sanctions. 

He broke the treaty without prior dialogue with treaty partners or Congress.

Study why The U.S. withdrew and see the sparks that fired the pistons.   

Iran used the withdrawal as an excuse to increase Uranium enrichment.

You have things out of order. Causes precede effects. 3 Years after Trump broke the treaty to limit enrichment. Iran achieved 60% enrichment.

WTF did Trump expect to happen? He is clearly rather stupid and thought the JPCOA was all about money.

All those drugged-up Iranians

There you go again. Iran is teetotal and anti-drug, even more than the US was during prohibition.

had to do was cooperate and whalla they'd be Trillionaires by now!!

The treaty was for Iran to limit nuclear production in return for international sanctions against Iran to be lifted.

No-one was just giving Iran money!

Iran's GDP is about $436.9 billion (because it is a country) after a decade of the JCPOA. Trump's reasoning for his dummy-spit over the treaty was total BS ignorance.

And Trump isn't offering any reparations to Iran.  You're pressing the MSM BS button again Professor. Thank You for verifying your certifiability. 

Let's see what Trump says any time now.

Lets see, a 2 hour Situation Room meeting where, apparently, nothing was discussed about any nuclear-related issues, and where Trump comes out saying:

no ⁠money would be exchanged "until further notice"

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Trump says he will soon decide on Iran deal, demands reopening of Hormuz Strait - Reuters

[govshill2]

 

Yes I see!  Very Enlightening.

That's exactly what Trump is saying so far   

[EXETER]

60% enriched uranium has numerous research, medical and industrial uses and isn't weapons grade.

So, they have had 60% enriched Uranium for five years, and it still hasn't been enriched beyond that. Yet enrichment from 60% to 90% would only take weeks. Think about that!

Are they?

What does the actual evidence say?

And where do you think they might store 440kg of enriched Uranium?

I imagine it would be best kept inside a nuclear reactor, as fuel rods, because HEU needs containment, it needs close monitoring for safety, it needs occasional handling because the radiation output needs to be controlled and it degrades most storage mediums, and it would be a waste to not do anything with it (like power generation, neutron irradiation of silicon for semiconductor production, nuclear medicine, isotopic production for use in metrology, and for research).

As a former nuclear reactor operator with a degree in nuclear physics, I would like to point out several mistakes here.  

There aren't "numerous" uses for 60% enriched uranium.  There are 3; nuclear submarine reactors, producing Technetium 99 for medical diagnostics, and as a pathway to nuclear weapons.  Iran doesn't have any nuclear submarines and doesn't have a program to build any.  Iran uses its 20% enriched uranium to produce Technetium 99, not its 60% enriched uranium.  That's because they don't have the spent-fuel technology to utilize the 60% stuff for medical purposes. That only leaves the weapons pathway.  

Yes, the enrichment from 60% to 90% would only take weeks or maybe days and yet they haven't done that for 5 years.  That's probably because if they tried that Israel, the US and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community would have a very high likelihood of detecting it and conclude that Iran was sprinting toward a nuclear weapon.  

At that point, Israel would probably start using nuclear weapons against Iran preemptively to neutralize that possibility.  I don't think Iran is willing to take that chance.  And I wouldn't either, if I were in their place.

You are correct that "HEU needs containment, it needs close monitoring for safety, it needs occasional handling because the radiation output needs to be controlled and it degrades most storage mediums".  That's why it is stored in the form of uranium hexafluoride in special containers designed for exactly that purpose.  In a recent article, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists concluded that Iran most likely moved all of their 60% enriched uranium to a hardened underground facility at their Isfahan nuclear research facility a year ago in those special containers, just before Trump bombed the other sites with the bunker buster bombs.

https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/analysis...e-strikes/

I suspect that somebody (looking at you, Russia) may have picked up sigint that the bombings were about to happen and tipped Iran off so they could move it. It's almost certainly still there, quite possibly untouched.  

You can't "store" HEU in a reactor core in fuel rods.  If you were to put it into a reactor core, it would immediately participate in the nuclear chan reaction there.

And that's the problem. Every reactor core is designed for uranium enriched to a specific level.  

If you took any of the existing reactors in Iran and arbitrarily introduced 60% HEU into it, you would immediately have a melt down.

[chr0naut]

"60% enriched uranium has numerous research, medical and industrial uses and isn't weapons grade."

So did Iran ever prove they were/are using that 60% U for those purposes???

Buzzzzzzzzz    [Image: https://denyignorance.com//images/addsmi...gemite.gif]

No. But no-one can make a nuke with 60% enriched, and the time to enrich it to weapons grade would be trivial, yet they haven't gone over 60% in 5 years, according to US authorities.

Trump's justification for war is bogus. As his justification for dropping the treaty is bogus. He is a liar and is showing signs of megalomania.

[DBCowboy]

As a former nuclear reactor operator with a degree in nuclear physics, I would like to point out several mistakes here.  

There aren't "numerous" uses for 60% enriched uranium.  There are 3; nuclear submarine reactors, producing Technetium 99 for medical diagnostics, and as a pathway to nuclear weapons.  Iran doesn't have any nuclear submarines and doesn't have a program to build any.  Iran uses its 20% enriched uranium to produce Technetium 99, not its 60% enriched uranium.  That's because they don't have the spent-fuel technology to utilize the 60% stuff for medical purposes. That only leaves the weapons pathway.  

Yes, the enrichment from 60% to 90% would only take weeks or maybe days and yet they haven't done that for 5 years.  That's probably because if they tried that Israel, the US and the Five Eyes Intelligence Community would have a very high likelihood of detecting it and conclude that Iran was sprinting toward a nuclear weapon.  At that point, Israel would probably start using nuclear weapons against Iran preemptively to neutralize that possibility.  I don't think Iran is willing to take that chance.  And I wouldn't either, if I were in their place.

You are correct that "HEU needs containment, it needs close monitoring for safety, it needs occasional handling because the radiation output needs to be controlled and it degrades most storage mediums".  That's why it is stored in the form of uranium hexafluoride in special containers designed for exactly that purpose.  In a recent article, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists concluded that Iran most likely moved all of their 60% enriched uranium to a hardened underground facility at their Isfahan nuclear research facility a year ago in those special containers, just before Trump bombed the other sites with the bunker buster bombs.

https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/analysis...e-strikes/

I suspect that somebody (looking at you, Russia) may have picked up sigint that the bombings were about to happen and tipped Iran off so they could move it. It's almost certainly still there, quite possibly untouched.  

You can't "store" HEU in a reactor core in fuel rods.  If you were to put it into a reactor core, it would immediately participate in the nuclear chan reaction there.  And that's the problem. Every reactor core is designed for uranium enriched to a specific level.  If you took any of the existing reactors in Iran and arbitrarily introduced 60% HEU into it, you would immediately have a melt down.

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[DBCowboy]

No. But no-one can make a nuke with 60% enriched, and the time to enrich it to weapons grade would be trivial, yet they haven't gone over 60% in 5 years, according to US authorities.

Trump's justification for war is bogus. As his justification for dropping the treaty is bogus. He is a liar and is showing signs of megalomania.

Lie.

You lie.

They could make a dirty nuke.

[RazorV66]

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