Four IAEA inspectors visited a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, Iran, this afternoon. The inspectors will be in Iran for about 3 days, and are expected to visit the site again before departing. While there, the blueprints of the facility were to be compared to the actual layout of the plant. Iran claims that the size and abilities of the plant reaches only so far as could be used for peaceful purposes - weapon making would not be possible in this particular plant, they say. Others are not so sure. They assert that Iran had plenty of time - weeks, in fact - to remove any potentially-incriminating materials from the plant. In a deal being worked out between Iran, the United States, France, and Russia, uranium would be enriched at this plant, sent to Russia for further enrichment, and then sent on to France for refinement. Iran would be able to keep only what uranium is needed for peaceful, i.e. medical purposes. Whether the deal will actually make it through, and whether everyone will follow through with their promises in it, has yet to be determined.
By Hannah Zimmerman
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