Når det kommer til det første han påstår, så mener en kilde til CNN at, ja evnen til å anrike ble ødelagt, men at den relativt fort kan bygges opp igjen:
Former UN nuclear weapons inspector believes Iran’s centrifuge program has been “destroyed” by strikes
From CNN’s Christian Edwards
US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have “destroyed” Iran’s centrifuge program, used to enrich uranium close to weapons-grade levels, according to an assessment by a former United Nations nuclear weapons inspector.
David Albright, now president of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), told CNN that, having reviewed satellite imagery and spoken to sources with knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program, he assesses that Iran’s centrifuge program has been “destroyed,” after the US joined Israel’s strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities.
“It’s amazing how much damage has been done to that program. I think that part of the mission has been accomplished,” Albright said Tuesday.
Uranium stockpile: However, Albright said “residual” parts of Iran’s program likely remained intact, most importantly its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60%, a short step away from the 90% needed to build a nuclear weapon.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Monday was unable to confirm the whereabouts of Iran’s 400-kilogram (880-pound) stockpile of this nuclear material. Grossi said Iran “made no secret that they have protected this material,” amid speculation that Iran moved the stockpile to a safer location before Sunday’s strikes.
But even if Iran was able to safely hide its enriched uranium, Albright said that turning this into weapons-grade material “is not going to be a fast process,” since the US and Israeli bombing campaign has “done serious damage to build a nuclear weapon.” He assessed that it would take Iran “a good year or two” to build a nuclear weapon, if it chose to reconstitute its program.
Albright detailed how Iran’s Fordow plant, buried deep in a mountain, had been targeted by the US strikes, which used 12 “bunker buster” bombs to penetrate the rock.
By analyzing post-strike satellite imagery — and using designs of the plant from before the strike — Albright said the US strikes had targeted parts of the site that were particularly vulnerable: a ventilation shaft that is “absolutely critical” to the operations, and a target above where the centrifuges are stored.
Albright stressed that insider information will be required to be certain of the extent of the damage, but said the satellite imagery suggested that the Fordow plant had been destroyed.