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Hitting the Sweet Spot: How Many Iranian Centrifuges?

| October 27, 2014

With the deadline for a comprehensive nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, and Germany) right around the corner, the negotiating parties are starting to reveal more of their cards in hopes of striking a deal. Along with the creative solutions that the West has put on the table, there are now reports about it showing more flexibility on what remains the talks' key sticking point: enrichment.

News reports indicate that the current numbers of centrifuges that the two sides are discussing fall in the range of about 4,000 to 5,000 of the machines. This is the "sweet spot" for both sides, when it comes to how many centrifuges Iran can have for enriching uranium....

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For Academic Citation: Tabaabai, Ariane.“Hitting the Sweet Spot: How Many Iranian Centrifuges?.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October 27, 2014.

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