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Iran Nuclear Program
April 20 , 2021
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- Iran recently launched Advanced Nuclear Centrifuges at the Natanz Nuclear Plant to mark its National Nuclear Technology Day.
- Iran has started enriching its uranium supply to 60 percent purity.
- Iran has ever come to this level for the first time.
- It is the closest level needed for a weapon.
- Under the Joint comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the 2015 Nuclear Agreement, Iran is restricted to use only certain number of Uranium enrichment centrifuges.
- However, in May 2018, the US Government under Donald Trump abandoned the agreement and reimposed sanctions on Iran.
- The current US Government under Joe Biden has pledged to return to JCPOA.
Centrifuge
- It is used to separate particles suspended in a medium.
- In a Nuclear Centrifuge, Uranium-235 is separated from Uranium-238.
- The Nuclear Fuel used in nuclear reactor must have higher concentration of Uranium-235 isotope than that of its natural form, that is, Uranium-238.
- The Uranium-235 is more radioactive than Uranium-238.
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