POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Proliferation, Parchin
12 May 2014
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2002 opposition group reveals secret construction of: uranium enrichment plant at natanz heavy-water reactor at arak (plutonium?) 2005 iaea refers iran to unsc started trying to get access to these sites initial visits, but could not conclude anything. Iran wasn"t being fully cooperative, so referred to unsc. 2006 unsc demands iran halt enrichment no confirm or deny, but they are worried. 2006-2013 unsc multi-lateral sanctions in 5 waves also different states have bilateral sanctions with iran. Iran has hung its hat on this right to peaceful nuclear technology all these years. Safeguards for special inspections and safeguards inspections by. Iaea require reporting nuclear sites in development/construction (not just operating) noncompliance vs. violation? not proven or confirmed that they have been producing nuclear weapons, so technically not in violation of nonproliferation clause they haven"t been transparent though. Leu (3-5%) vs. heu (20-90%) (u-235) full disclosure of sites? full access to sites? routine vs. special visits.
