(AP) George Jahn - Iran is considering a U.S. proposal at nuclear talks that would allow it to keep more of its nuclear infrastructure intact while still reducing its ability to make an atomic bomb, two diplomats told AP on Thursday. Iran is refusing U.S. demands that it cut the number of working enriching centrifuges from nearly 10,000 to only a few thousand. Ahead of a Nov. 24 deadline to seal a deal, diplomats told AP last month that the U.S. had begun floating alternatives to reducing centrifuges that would increase the time Iran would need to make a nuclear weapon. Diplomats said Iran recently began discussions with Moscow on possibly shipping some of its low-enriched stockpile to Russia for future use as an energy source. Experts say the low-enriched uranium Iran has stored, if further enriched, could arm up to seven nuclear weapons. They estimate it would take Tehran 3 to 12 months to have enough weapons-grade uranium for one bomb.
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