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0 pointsVikingCoder10mo ago0 comments

"The U.N. nuclear watchdog says there's 'no increase in off-site radiation levels' after US strikes on Iran nuclear sites"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-n-nuclear-watchdog-says-0510491...

That's the whole article.

If we blow up a place filled with enriched uranium, shouldn't there be an obvious spike in off-site radiation levels, as the uranium settles to the ground?

Meaning, isn't this damning evidence that there was no enriched uranium?

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timhigins10mo ago

Based on satellite imagery from Maxar and reports from Iran state news agencies, they moved the uranium in about 50 trucks to a “safe location” [1].

From Reuters [2]: > Hassan Abedini, deputy political head of Iran's state broadcaster, said Iran had evacuated the three sites some time ago. > "The enriched uranium reserves had been transferred from the nuclear centres and there are no materials left there that, if targeted, would cause radiation and be harmful to our compatriots," he told the channel.

1. https://www.newsweek.com/iran-nuclear-strikes-us-donald-trum... 2. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-launch...

that_guy_iain10mo ago

Those sites getting blown up was kinda obvious. I would have been shocked if they didn't move everything once Israel sneak attacked them.

rudolph910mo ago

The enriched uranium was reportedly moved before the bombing. As far as I know, the objective was to destroy the enrichment facilities.

trothamel10mo ago

The uranium is supposed to be uranium hexaflouride, right? That's solid at room temperature, so if the mountain collapsed onto it you would't expect to see it off-site.

lolinder10mo ago

Possibly. It could also be evidence that the bombs didn't really do their job. Either they missed or the bunkers were fortified enough and/or deep enough to avoid even the bunker busters.

bigyabai10mo ago

In Iran's defense, there was credible OSINT[0] warning of the B-2s taking off 12+ hours in advance of the strike. Iran knows what a GBU-57 is, the writing was pretty clearly on the wall that a strike was imminent.

It's possible (though not guaranteed) that they simply relocated the enriched uranium before the attack.

[0] https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/1936391071430308207

lolinder10mo ago

Yes, that too. It was in newspapers hours before the attack, so there's no way Iran didn't know it was coming.

perihelions10mo ago

> "there was credible OSINT[0] warning"

That one was counterintelligence deliberately placed in OSINT to confuse Iran. The B-2's that flew west over CONUS in daylight, in plain view, were decoys on a wrong timing.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-u-s-strik... ("U.S. Strike on Iran Began With a Ruse")

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timhigins10mo ago

Based on satellite imagery from Maxar and reports from Iran state news agencies, they moved the uranium in about 50 trucks to a “safe location” [1].

1. https://www.newsweek.com/iran-nuclear-strikes-us-donald-trum... 2. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-launch...

that_guy_iain10mo ago

Those sites getting blown up was kinda obvious. I would have been shocked if they didn't move everything once Israel sneak attacked them.

rudolph910mo ago

The enriched uranium was reportedly moved before the bombing. As far as I know, the objective was to destroy the enrichment facilities.

trothamel10mo ago

The uranium is supposed to be uranium hexaflouride, right? That's solid at room temperature, so if the mountain collapsed onto it you would't expect to see it off-site.

lolinder10mo ago

Possibly. It could also be evidence that the bombs didn't really do their job. Either they missed or the bunkers were fortified enough and/or deep enough to avoid even the bunker busters.

bigyabai10mo ago

It's possible (though not guaranteed) that they simply relocated the enriched uranium before the attack.

[0] https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/1936391071430308207

lolinder10mo ago

Yes, that too. It was in newspapers hours before the attack, so there's no way Iran didn't know it was coming.

perihelions10mo ago

> "there was credible OSINT[0] warning"

That one was counterintelligence deliberately placed in OSINT to confuse Iran. The B-2's that flew west over CONUS in daylight, in plain view, were decoys on a wrong timing.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-u-s-strik... ("U.S. Strike on Iran Began With a Ruse")

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