How much U235 could have Iran so far?

Question

And Pu239?

Answer 1

A lot. The problem is separating it from the U238, which is why it has thousands of gas centrifuges.

Iran has its own uranium fields and does not have to buy "yellow cake" or any other form of uranium from anyone else.

Saghand mine: Iran will be able to extract uranium ore in the first half of 2006 from Saghand mine. The Saghand uranium mine has a calculated reserve of 1.58 million metric tonnes of uranium ore, at an average grade of 533 ppm (0.0533% U). This corresponds to a total uranium contents of 842 metric tonnes of Uranium. Ores with grades above 300 ppm are to be sent to the uranium mill, while ores with grades between 100 and 300 ppm are to be exploited by heap leaching. An uranium mill with an annual capacity of 120,000 metric tonnes of ore and an annual output of 50 metric tonnes of uranium is being built 35 km north of Ardakan city.

Bandar Abbas deposit Iran's nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh said on May 3, 2006, studies show there are considerable amounts of uranium ore at Bandar Abbas, mineable in open pits. According to first estimates, an annual production of 30 t of Uranium seems to be possible, at lower mining cost than at Saghand.

Considering Iran has uranium fields, the means to enrich tons of uranium a year, at a rate far faster than needed for a "peaceful" nuclear program, the fact it built all its "peaceful" nuclear assets in underground bunkers, the fact it kicked out all the inspectors when they started asking too many questions and its rhetoric about wiping Israel from the face of the earth and it is pretty hard not to reach the conclusion Iran is seeking a nuke and will use it as soon as it gets it.

Answer 2

Nobody knows except the Iranian government. It all depends on when they started enrichment and the full extent of thier enrichment capabilities.

Answer 3

None really knows;one should not forget that both substances can be bought in the free market;what you cannot produce or produce in adequate quantities can be bought from ex-soviet republics and other sources.