Iran does not at this stage have enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the U.N. atomic watchdog\u2019s official definition, the agency\u2019s head told an Austrian paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Iranians continue to enrich uranium, and to a much higher degree than they have committed themselves to. And this amount is growing by the month,\u201d International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi told Die Presse in an interview published on its website on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Asked about how long Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon — the so-called \u201cbreakout time\u201d, he said \u201cIn the IAEA we do not talk about breakout time. We look at the significant quantity, the minimum amount of enriched uranium or plutonium needed to make an atomic bomb. Iran does not have this significant quantity at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iran denies ever having had a nuclear weapons programme, saying its nuclear programme is purely for energy purposes.<\/p>\n
The IAEA defines \u201csignificant quantity\u201d as the approximate amount of nuclear material for which the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear explosive device cannot be excluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iran does not at this stage have enough enriched uranium to make one nuclear bomb under the U.N. atomic watchdog\u2019s official definition, the agency\u2019s head told an Austrian paper. \u201cThe Iranians continue to enrich uranium, and to a much higher degree than they have committed themselves to. And this amount is growing by the month,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,1,6],"tags":[118,966,964,1324,28,639,178,84,46,27,638],"yoast_head":"\n