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02/24/2004 Archived Entry: "New Iranian Nuclear Experiments Discovered"

Posted by steve @ 06:21 PM EST [Link]

WHY TRUST THEM?: U.N. inspectors in Iran have found even more material that the Iranians didn't declare concerning their nuclear weapons program. Today the AP reported that they found signs of polonium -- used to trigger nuclear chain reactions.

The agency said the traces of polonium-210 were found in September, and that the element "could be used for military purposes ... specifically as a neutron initiator in some designs of nuclear weapons."

Iran never mentioned working with polonium-210 in earlier declarations of its past and present nuclear activities, it said.

Polonium-210 also can be used to generate electricity, which Iran contends is the sole purpose of its atomic program. Saber Zaimian, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, declined to comment on the report, saying his organization was studying it.

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