14 Oct 2026 12:37 pm
That's not weapons grade. That is easily fact checked.Fuelman » Yesterday, 12:24 pm » wrote: ↑ It was Iran that declared they have enrichment of Uranium to 60%. That is easily fact checked.
So in a five mile race, they were a mile out.Fuelman » Yesterday, 12:24 pm » wrote: ↑ Uranium enriched to 60% is more than 80% of the way done in terms of the actual work required, even though the raw percentage number looks lower.
How Enrichment Actually Works
Uranium enrichment is not linear. It is measured by the amount of separative work (measured in separative work units, or SWUs) required to concentrate the fissile isotope U-235 from natural levels (0.7%) up to higher grades:
• Natural to 5% (Reactor Grade): Takes roughly 55% of the total effort/separative work needed to reach 90% weapons-grade uranium.
• 5% to 20%: Takes another significant chunk of the work.
• 20% to 60%: Covers the bulk of the remaining heavy lifting.
• 60% to 90% (Weapons Grade): Requires a surprisingly small fraction of the total remaining effort—often less than 15% to 20% of the total work.
They were two weeks away from a nuke.Fuelman » Yesterday, 12:24 pm » wrote: ↑ Once uranium is enriched to 60%, most of the mass and heavy lifting (removing the vast majority of unwanted U-238 molecules through centrifuge cascades) has already been accomplished.
Going from 60% to 90% takes a fraction of the time and far fewer centrifuge passes. Furthermore, 60% enriched uranium can already be used directly to build a nuclear explosive device (though with a lower yield than 90% weapons-grade material).
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"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?