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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 590

uranium

Illustrative: Uranium ore. (RHJ; iStock by Getty Images)
May 4, 2023, 9:26 pm
Documents appear to show Iran’s interest in Syrian phosphates for uranium production
In leaked papers, Iran’s nuclear agency asks government to cover costs of project
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Screen capture from video of barrels containing uranium yellowcake stored at a site near Sabha, Librya, 2012. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 16, 2023, 12:25 pm
Libyan military says it recovered 2.5 tons of uranium that IAEA reported missing
Commander says containers of uranium tracked down 3 miles from where they had been stored in southern Libya, hours after disappearance was reported by the UN’s nuclear watchdog
By Jon Gambrell
Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)
February 23, 2023, 11:42 pm
Iran acknowledges accusation it has enriched uranium to 84%
News website linked to highest reaches of Iran’s theocracy nods to allegation amid renewed pressure on West to address Tehran’s program
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: A passenger arrives from a flight at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in London, August 2, 2021. (Matt Dunham/AP)
January 11, 2023, 10:30 am
British police probe uranium package seized at Heathrow Airport
Small amount of nuclear element reportedly found in shipment of scrap metal that originated in Pakistan and arrived on flight from Oman, addressed to Iranians in UK
By AFP and ToI Staff
Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)
May 30, 2022, 7:48 pm
Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile is now 18 times 2015 deal limit, UN watchdog says
Tehran has amassed more than 3,800 kilos of material, IAEA reports, after detecting radioactivity at potential undeclared nuclear sites
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this Saturday, September 18, 2021 satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc., a uranium enrichment plant is seen at North Korea's main Yongbyon nuclear complex. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
September 18, 2021, 10:56 pm
New photos show North Korea expanding uranium enrichment plant
Satellite images reveal construction in area adjoining plant at Yongbyon, ‘heart’ of hermit kingdom’s nuclear program
By Hyung-Jin Kim
Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
April 19, 2021, 6:18 pm
Iranian enrichment is worrying, but weapons-grade uranium doesn’t a bomb make
Amassing high-grade fissile material is only the first step toward an atomic weapon, and Tehran’s latest violation of the JCPOA does not substantially change the timeline
By Judah Ari Gross
Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, in an image released on November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
January 19, 2021, 11:02 am
Iran says it is producing half a kilo of 20% enriched uranium every day
Country’s nuclear agency chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, says it will resume adhering to nuke deal’s terms if ‘other parties’ do so
By ToI Staff
A satellite image from April 2, 2016, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)
January 17, 2021, 4:07 pm
Iran asks UN not to publish ‘unnecessary’ details on its nuclear program
Tehran says IAEA must ‘prevent paving ground for misunderstanding’ after Europeans push back on uranium metal development plan following publication in watchdog’s report
By AP
In this photo by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, concrete is poured for the base of the second nuclear power reactor at Bushehr plant, some 440 miles (700 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, November 10, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
January 17, 2021, 1:56 pm
France: Iran is acquiring a nuclear weapons capacity
French FM warns Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ tactics only increased risk posed by Tehran; comments come after Iranian announcement of advancing research on uranium metal production
By ToI Staff
An Iranian technician walks through the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2007. (Vahid Salemi/ AP/ File)
January 16, 2021, 4:16 pm
E3: Iran making uranium metal, a nuke component, has ‘grave military’ potential
Britain, France and Germany say Tehran has ‘no credible civilian use’ for the material, which it says it is now researching in breach of nuclear deal
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, a technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
January 14, 2021, 12:30 am
Iran advances research on uranium metal, a key component in nuclear weapons
In latest breach of 2015 deal with world powers, Tehran tells UN watchdog it has already modified and installed equipment for R&D on material
By AFP
Illustrative: A uranium mine (Alexey Dozmorov; iStock by Getty Images)
September 18, 2020, 9:58 am
Study said to find Saudis may have enough uranium to make own nuclear fuel
Guardian cites report by Saudi, Chinese geologists, identifying sufficient amounts of the element to supply Gulf kingdom’s nascent nuclear program — and to export
By ToI Staff
Flowing waters at the Bokek Nature Reserve, which a class action suit claims have been polluted by industry. (YouTube screenshot)
October 30, 2019, 3:19 pm
Trailblazing bid to make factories pay $400m for pollution enters final stage
Largest ever environmental class action suit says two Israel Chemicals plants allowed industrial, radioactive wastewater to contaminate aquifer and stream near Dead Sea
By Sue Surkes
Stephen Jennings after police say they found in his car a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey during a traffic stop. (Logan County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Office via AP)
July 12, 2019, 6:37 pm
US police find uranium and rattlesnake in stolen car during traffic stop
Man pulled over in stolen vehicle with powdered radioactive material, bottle of Kentucky Deluxe, terrarium with deadly reptile and gun; ‘uranium is the wild card,’ say police
By AP and ToI Staff
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