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Sky News AU
11 hours ago
- Science
- Sky News AU
‘Not a very large volume': Expert says Iranian nuclear program has 400kg of enriched uranium
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering Patrick Burr says the Iranian nuclear program only has 400 kilograms of enriched uranium, based on International Atomic Energy Agency estimates. 'In the last estimates that we have from the International Atomic Energy Agency, we're looking at about 400 kilograms, possibly a bit more of enriched uranium,' Mr Burr told Sky News Australia. 'That sounds like a large number, but it's not a large volume. '400 kilograms of uranium … is not a very large volume. "To give a sense of scale, a football, if it was made of uranium, would weigh something like 35 kilograms, so you'd need 15 maybe, of those footballs, to have the full volume of enriched uranium Iran has.'
Sky News AU
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Big setback': Iranian nuclear program delayed but does not remove years of ‘expertise'
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering Patrick Burr says the US strikes on Iran have 'setback' the Iranian nuclear program, but has not removed the 'expertise or material' the country has accumulated over the years. 'It certainly is a setback in the nuclear program of Iran, if they had wanted to continue it, this certainly is a big setback because they've lost a lot of their infrastructure,' Mr Burr told Sky News Australia. 'It doesn't remove all the expertise or the material that they have accumulated over the years.'
