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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/24/iran-bomb-one-month-away/3181373/
Report: Iran May Be a Month from Having Enough Weapons-Grade Uranium for a Bomb
(USA Today) Oren Dorell - Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build a nuclear bomb in as little as a month, according to a new estimate by one of the USA's top nuclear experts. "Shortening breakout times have implications for any negotiation with Iran," stated the report by the Institute for Science and International Security. David Albright, president of the institute and a former inspector for the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, said the estimate means that Iran would have to eliminate more than half of its 19,000 centrifuges to extend the time it would take to build a bomb to six months. If Iran decided to build a covert enrichment plant like it has under a mountain in Fordow, such a facility built with current Iranian technology could produce enough material for a bomb in a week, according to the ISIS report. If Iran moves ahead with installation of its more efficient, second-generation centrifuges, it would be able to produce enough nuclear fuel for a bomb with so few of them, between 2,000 and 3,300 centrifuges, that they could fit in a small warehouse, Albright said.