Are you aware that nuclear fuel, even that which you quoted is EXTREMELY radioactive. Even more so after it is "spent". So... if according to your illustrious presidential hopefull's plan, "we" give the Iranians "safe nuclear fuel" that does not allow for fissile material of weapons grade to be manufactured they will be satisfied?
Fact check: nuclear fuel is about as radioactive as your average rock before burned in nuclear reactor (and "burning" in this context is not same as everyday use of the word).
Iran receives fissile grade material for their "non-breeder" reactor and they use this fuel while honestly producing energy... time to refuel comes... in three or so years, and they refuel... Iran now posesses "spent" fissile material that is HIGHLY radioactive... this same "waste" is prepared for long term storage...
Why go all this way when there are other easier ways to to get material for dirty bombs. Namely radiological source in use in hospitals and many industrial facilities. They also have several additional advantages when used in dirty bombs compared to spent nuclear fuel:
-No residual heat. Spent nuclear fuel emits heat for about hundred years after taken out of reactor - it is one of the reasons why it is stored in water pools. For twenty years it is impossible to hide spent fuel in containers. There would have to be either cooling system that is impossible not to notice or the whole container would melt down in transit.
-Easier handling and processing.
-Better spreading characteris. Equal amount of radiological source in dirty bomb would spread much better than spent fuel.
the prevailing winds carry the "Waste" for miles down wind... the explosion site is a waste land... 100's die outright, 10's of 1000's more live lingering deaths owing to exposure to high levels of cadmium radiation... most of the south east NYC shipyards become unihabitable for scores of years to come...
I recommend looking at some real infromation on the effects of dirty bombs. You have to remember that all of the radioactivity spread by dirty bomb is concentrated in single point before the explosion. Also usable amount of shielding material is very limited both because need to avoid detection and because the shielding material prevents efficent dispersal by the bomb. Thus the activity of the material used is bomb is severely limited due to need to keep the handlers alive and well at least long enough to deliver the bomb and avoid detection. When this limited amount of material is spread over large area it effects are diluted in direct propotion to the area it is spread over. In fact the source is much more dangerous to general public before the explosion than after it.
Almost all of scenarios for dirty bomb result in no additional immediate deaths compared to conventional bomb of the same size and number of long term cancer deads that is about 1/1000-1/10000 of natural rate (less than variation in natural cancer rate in fact).
Hmm... nuclear anything for Iran? Ahh... NO!
Well, Iran has the needed mineral uranium and techonology to construct refining facilities so it can manufacture the nuclear fuel it needs if it decides to go forward with refining. However if all of its nuclear fuel is supplied from outside it does not need the refining facilities that can be used to manufacture bomb material. Making bomb material from reactor fuel also requires the same refining facilities.
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