Experts say that Iran’s nuclear program is not destroyed by Satellites

Satellites show damage to Iran’s nuclear program, but experts say it’s not destroyed: Comment on “A nuclear program that is not destroyed by an atomic bomb in Iran”

There’s a lot of luck and ends for the program, which has been seriously set back. Ultimately he thinks the only way to truly end Iran’s nuclear program is through additional nuclear inspections by international monitors and cooperation from the Iranian regime, probably though some kind of diplomatic agreement.

The International Atomic Energy Agency had assessed that Iran has more than 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium 235 — enough for around ten bombs, according to independent experts. That 60% enriched uranium is carried in relatively small containers that could fit easily into cars, says Albright.

But as evidence that the strikes may have missed the uranium stocks, both Albright and Lewis point to commercial satellite imagery from the days before the strike. There are images showing trucks at two key sites. The trucks appear to be sealing tunnels that serve as entrances to underground facilities used to store uranium, possibly in anticipation of an American attack.

It is difficult to say for sure, but both Lewis and Albright think that the strikes were effective. Satellite images show several holes in the ground around Fordo, and ashy debris over most of the site. Albright thinks that the main hall of the enrichment facility and its ventilation system were used to attempt to blow up the facility.

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It appears that a dozen of the bombs were used to strike Iran’s deeply buried enrichment site at Fordo. The main enrichment site in Natanz was also attacked with two weapons.

“At the end of the day there are some really important things that haven’t been hit,” says Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, who tracks Iran’s nuclear facilities. “If this ends here, it’s a really incomplete strike.”

The US says that the strikes it’s conducted on Iran’s nuclear sites has destroyed its nuclear program but independent experts say that isn’t true.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, that is what happened. The director general said that they don’t think there will be health consequences outside of the targeted sites.

The three sites hit by U.S. bombs — Fordo, Isfahan, and Natanz — contained nuclear material in the form of uranium enriched to different levels, the agency said. It had verified that information before the attacks on Iran began.

The two major kinds of uranium isotopes found at this type of facility “are at the low end of hazard with regard to radioactive materials,” says Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, D.C.

These facilities would have been working with a gas that is comprised of uranium and a substance called U.S. radioactive material. The gas is large and heavy. The gas doesn’t travel far through the air when it’s in a container that’s been damaged, according to Emily Caffrey, a health physics expert.

The IAEA reported that there was no impact on the population or the environment from Israel attacking the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant.

The IAEA’s Director General has voiced his opposition to military attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites in the past, saying that there is a danger of a radioactive release affecting the public.

According to a statement by the government of Kuwait, Neighboring countries have been watching the situation closely and have found no abnormal radiation levels in any of the member states.

The statement said that the situation and developments will be monitored and reports will be issued regularly.