Iran is developing a second path to a nuclear weapons capability by operating a plant that could produce plutonium, satellite images show for the first time.
By James Kirkup, David Blair, Holly Watt and Claire Newell
The Telegraph can disclose details of activity at a heavily-guarded Iranian facility from which international inspectors have been barred for 18 months.
Heavy water is needed to operate a nuclear reactor that can produce plutonium, which could then be used to make a bomb.
The images show signs of activity at the Arak plant, including a cloud of steam that indicates heavy-water production...
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In this report that includes a video of analysis of satellite pictures, the Telegraph demonstrates that heavy water production has started in the Arak plant.
By James Kirkup, David Blair, Holly Watt and Claire Newell
The Telegraph can disclose details of activity at a heavily-guarded Iranian facility from which international inspectors have been barred for 18 months.
Heavy water is needed to operate a nuclear reactor that can produce plutonium, which could then be used to make a bomb.
The images show signs of activity at the Arak plant, including a cloud of steam that indicates heavy-water production...
CONTINUED: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor.../9896389/Irans-Plan-B-for-a-nuclear-bomb.html
In this report that includes a video of analysis of satellite pictures, the Telegraph demonstrates that heavy water production has started in the Arak plant.