Thursday, August 26, 2010

(NEWS) Former UN Nuclear Chief Calls Iran Program A Threat

"Heinonen quoted as saying Teheran a year away from material for 1-2 bombs; Moscow 'considering' Iran's offer to establish a nuclear consortium to fuel future reactors.

Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to produce one to two nuclear weapons, but it would not be logical for it to cross the bomb-making threshold, said former UN chief of nuclear inspections Olli Heinonen in an interview with Le Monde Thursday which was cited by Reuters.

Heinonen called Iran's nuclear program a 'threat' in a rare public interview, given shortly before he stepped down from his position as deputy director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Heinonen was head of the IAEA's nuclear safeguards arm, which monitors countries' nuclear programs to make sure they are intended for peaceful use. Heinonen left the post in August for personal reasons."












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