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U.S. Purchase of Iran's Heavy Water: Encouraging a Dangerous Nuclear Supplier

(Institute for Science and International Security) David Albright and Andrea Stricker - Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Iran has agreed to a cap on the amount of heavy water it can have in the country. However, Iran wants to produce more heavy water than it needs. The U.S. intends to buy about 32 tons of Iranian heavy water that has been temporarily stored in Oman, and it may buy more. The heavy water sale risks legitimizing Iran as a nuclear supplier. Iran has frequently violated a series of UN resolutions instituting an embargo on its access to nuclear goods. It continues to violate remaining UN and national missile and conventional arms embargos. The U.S. should consider ending the planned purchase of heavy water, encourage Iran to stop making excess heavy water, and blend down any excess to normal water. David Albright is founder and president of ISIS, where Andrea Stricker is a senior policy analyst.
2016-05-27 00:00:00
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