Sentences with phrase «require uranium enrichment»

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According to the proposed deal, some of the uranium - enrichment centrifuges at the Fordow site would be repurposed to produce isotopes such as molybdenum - 99, which is widely required for medical imaging (see go.nature.com/jafnpt).

The plan requires Iran to mothball thousands of uranium centrifuges at Natanz and Fordow, and not to pursue other methods of uranium enrichment, including laser enrichment, for the next 10 years.

Achieving that longer lead time requires blocking Iran's four routes to nuclear weapons: through its Natanz and Fordow uranium enrichment facilities, where thousands of centrifuges separate uranium isotopes; through plutonium production at the Arak heavy water reactor, which Iran says is needed to produce medical radioisotopes; and by way of a covert path involving undisclosed facilities.

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