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Iran's Recent Increase in Enrichment Capacity at Fordow Could Make Weapon-Grade Uranium for 9 Nukes in 2 Months
(Institute for Science and International Security) David Albright - Once Iran completes its new plans, Fordow could produce enough weapon-grade uranium for three nuclear weapons within 10 days. By the end of the first month, it could produce enough for five nuclear weapons. By the end of the second month, it could produce enough for nine nuclear weapons. Iran has reached a point where it can not only produce nuclear weapons on-demand but produce large quantities of weapon-grade uranium quickly in a very hard-to-destroy enrichment plant. The writer, a former UN weapons inspector, is founder and president of the ISIS in Washington.