François Diaz-Maurin reports on an analysis by Le Monde of a satellite image of Isfahan that shows a truck carrying large containers that look like overpacks for nuclear materials. They may be overpacks for the enriched UF6. /2
tbt those backchannel comms
Cheryl Rofer
Protik Islam-Jakobsson
Over the weekend, LeMonde and @francoisdm.bsky.social published a VERY interesting image of what appears to be some of Iran's highly enriched uranium enroute to a secure base in Isfahan last June.
Amidst all this talk of seizing Iran's uranium, it's worth discussing in a little more detail...🧵
Interesting twist that I did not consider in my analysis. Overpacks, indeed, make a special op even more difficult! Thanks, @cherylrofer.bsky.social
I highly recommend reading this!!!👇
Anyone who thinks that it would be simple for US Special Operations Forces (SOF) to grab and remove Iran's HEU (Highly Enriched Uranium) stocks is on the far side of crazy.
Here's why I believe Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year. 👇
#Iran #nuclearweapons #uranium #OSINT #nukesky
"In my assessment, the material seems most likely to have been highly enriched uranium (HEU) in the form of uranium hexafluoride (UF6),[2] and the quantity could be up to about 540 kilograms, more than previously reported by the IAEA and Iran."
Just to give you a sense of how much protection a cask like this has, here's a cutaway from that presentation @francoisdm.bsky.social found.
#8 is the actual uranium (in fuel rod form this time). The rest is designed for protection/isolation.
Geoff Brumfiel
Geoff Brumfiel
François Diaz-Maurin
François Diaz-Maurin
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
"If correct, this analysis would mean the enrichment vaults at Natanz and Fordow were probably empty before the June strikes, raising questions as to whether there is any enriched uranium “under the rubble” at facilities the Trump administration claimed it “obliterated” in June."
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
thebulletin.org
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
François Diaz-Maurin reports on an analysis by Le Monde of a satellite image of Isfahan that shows a truck carrying large containers that look like overpacks for nuclear materials. They may be overpacks for the enriched UF6. /2
thebulletin.org
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
François Diaz-Maurin reports on an analysis by Le Monde of a satellite image of Isfahan that shows a truck carrying large containers that look like overpacks for nuclear materials. They may be overpacks for the enriched UF6. /2
Cheryl Rofer
thebulletin.org
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
François Diaz-Maurin reports on an analysis by Le Monde of a satellite image of Isfahan that shows a truck carrying large containers that look like overpacks for nuclear materials. They may be overpacks for the enriched UF6. /2
thebulletin.org
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
Satellite imagery shows that Iran could have transferred to Isfahan up to 540 kilograms—possibly all—of its highly-enriched uranium inventory before the June strikes last year.
