After the Iran deal: Multinational enrichment

Journal Article · Thu Jun 18 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac5989· OSTI ID:1367678

Glaser, Alexander ^[1]; Mian, Zia ^[2]; von Hippel, Frank ^[2]

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1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Program on Science and Global Security; Princeton University
2. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Program on Science and Global Security

Iran and the E3+3 nations (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, plus China, Russia, and the United States) negotiated a framework, in April 2015, for a “comprehensive solution that will ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program” (1, 2). The final settlement, expected by July 2015 or soon after, would constrain Iran's activities for various extended periods in return for the lifting of sanctions and affirm Iran's right to pursue its nuclear program free of the limits on its uranium enrichment capacity a decade or more from now. What happens when these restrictions begin to phase out? Here, we outline one approach to limit the long-term risk by using the next 10 years to convert Iran's national enrichment plant into a multinational one, possibly including as partners some of Iran's neighbors and one or more of the E3+3 countries.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0002534
• OSTI ID: 1367678
• Journal Information: Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6241 Vol. 348; ISSN 0036-8075
• Publisher: AAAS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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